ventral posterior thalamic nucleus

Structure

• posterior part of the ventral thalamic nucleus.

Components:

• ventral posterior lateral nucleus
• ventral posterior intermediate nucleus
• ventral posterior medial nucleus
• arcuate nucleus

Afferents

• medial lemniscus
• spinothalamic tract
• trigeminal lemniscus

Efferents

• postcentral gyrus of cerebral cortex via internal capsule

More general terms

• ventral thalamic nucleus

More specific terms

• ventral posterior intermediate thalamic nucleus
• ventral posterior lateral thalamic nucleus
• ventral posterior medial thalamic nucleus

Component of

• thalamus