Ventral posterolateral nucleus | |
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Details | |
Part of | Ventral posterior nucleus |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nucleus ventralis posterolateralis |
NeuroNames | 344 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_737 |
TA98 | A14.1.08.641 A14.1.08.656 |
TA2 | 5692 |
FMA | 62200 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL) is a nucleus of ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus.[1] It relays sensory information from the second-order neurons of the neospinothalamic tract and medial lemniscus (of the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway) which synapse with in the third-order neurons in the nucleus. These then project to the somatosensory cortex in the postcentral gyrus.[citation needed]
There is uncertainty regarding the location of VMpo, as determined by spinothalamic tract (STT) terminations and staining for calcium-binding proteins, and several authorities do not consider its existence as being proved.[1][2]