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dorsal nucleus of medial geniculate body

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Dorsal division of the medial geniculate nucleus, as first defined by Morest (1964) in the cat, but also described in the rat. It fills all but the medial edge of the posterior tip in cat, and joins the lateral thalamic nucleus anteriorly (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1261345/?page=3) [ ]

Term info

Label

dorsal nucleus of medial geniculate body

Synonyms
  • dorsal nucleus of medial geniculate complex
  • medial geniculate complex, dorsal part
  • medial geniculate nucleus, dorsal part
  • nucleus corporis geniculati medialis, pars dorsalis
  • nucleus dorsalis corporis geniculati medialis
  • nucleus geniculatus medialis fibrosus (hassler)
  • nucleus geniculatus medialis pars dorsalis
database cross reference
abbreviation
DMG [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1608 ]

latin term
nucleus dorsalis corporis geniculati medialis [ FMA : TA FMA : 62216 ]

abbreviation
MGD [ BIRNLEX : 1608 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

has related synonym

medial geniculate complex dorsal part, medial geniculate nucleus dorsal part, dorsal medial geniculate nucleus, nucleus dorsalis coporis geniculati medialis, dorsal nucleus of the medial geniculate body

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UBERON:0002758