Ventral posteromedial nucleus | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nucleus ventralis posteromedialis |
NeuroNames | 347 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_743 |
TA98 | A14.1.08.642 |
TA2 | 5693 |
FMA | 62202 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The ventral posteromedial nucleus (VPM) is a nucleus within the ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus and serves an analogous somatosensory relay role for the ascending trigeminothalamic tracts as its lateral neighbour the ventral posterolateral nucleus serves for dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway 2nd-order neurons.[1]
The term "ventral posteromedial nucleus" was introduced by Le Gros Clark in 1930.[2][3]