Ventral posterior nucleus of thalamusUBERON concept
Preferred Label : ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus;
Uberon definition : Part of thalamus receiving primary somatic sensory information via the medial lemniscal
pathway that projects to the primary somatosensory cortex (adapted from Paxinos, The
Rat Nervous System, 2nd Ed, Academic Press, 1995).;
Uberon related term : ventroposterior nucleus; ventroposterior nucleus of thalamus; ventroposterior inferior nucleus; ventral posterior complex of the thalamus; ventral posterior; VPN;
Part of thalamus receiving primary somatic sensory information via the medial lemniscal
pathway that projects to the primary somatosensory cortex (adapted from Paxinos, The
Rat Nervous System, 2nd Ed, Academic Press, 1995).