The group of neurons that serve as the primary processor of visual information received from the retina via the optic tract and send processed information to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0004165 ]
Synonyms: lateral geniculate complex corpus geniculatum laterales lateral geniculate nucleus nucleus geniculatus lateralis
Term information
- EMAPA:35478
- PBA:128013070
- BTO:0004366
- DHBA:10429
- BTO:0004367
- neuronames:352 (BIRNLEX:1662)
- FMA:62209
- BIRNLEX:1662
- NCIT:C32556
- Wikipedia:Lateral_geniculate_body
- UMLS:C0086526 (ncithesaurus:External_Geniculate_Body)
- MA:0000869
- BAMS:C.gl.
- BAMS:LG
- EFO:0001988
- EV:0100219
- SCTID:362377006
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
BTO has distinct classes for body and nucleus, but other sources treat as identical
corpus geniculatus lateralis
nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis
LGB
external geniculate body
corpus geniculatum laterale
corpus geniculatum externum
Term relations
- nucleus of dorsal thalamus
- part of some metathalamus
- contributes to morphology of some dorsal plus ventral thalamus