Subcortical brain region consisting of paired gray matter bodies in the dorsal diencephalon and forming part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle of the brain. The thalamus represents the major portion of the diencephalon and is commonly divided into cellular aggregates known as nuclear groups.(MeSH). The dorsal topographic division of the interbrain. The macrodissected adult human thalamus was clearly illustrated by Vesalius in 1543 and the term as defined here was introduced by His in 1893. It includes the traditional epithalamus, dorsal thalamus, and ventral thalamus of Herrick (1910, pp. 494, 498). Also see Kuhlenbeck (1927, Ch. 9) and Jones (1985, p. 87). [ BIRNLEX:954 ]
Synonyms: wider thalamus
Term information
- DMBA:16376
- AAO:0010483
- neuronames:300 (BIRNLEX:954)
- BAMS:Th
- MBA:549
- HBA:4392
- CALOHA:TS-1031
- Wikipedia:Thalamus
- BAMS:TH
- BTO:0001365
- EMAPA:17540
- SCTID:244433007
- ZFA:0001215
- NCIT:C12459
- BIRNLEX:954
- GAID:656
- DHBA:10390
- UMLS:C0039729 (ncithesaurus:Thalamus)
- MIAA:0000109
- MA:0000179
- EFO:0000910
- VHOG:0000657
- EV:0100195
- PBA:128013014
- galen:Thalamus
- TAO:0001215
- MAT:0000109
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Part of the diencephalon consisting of a mass of connecting fibers which relay sensory information to the cerebral cortex.[AAO]
One of a pair of large oval nervous structures made of gray matter and forming most of the lateral walls of the third ventricle of the brain and part of the diencephalon. [TFD][VHOG]
(...) the brain regions of tetrapods, the structures they contain, and their basic organizational features are the same as in fishes.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- lateral structure
- regional part of brain
- contributes to morphology of some diencephalon
- part of some thalamic complex
- in lateral side of some thalamic complex