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1
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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

A

Occipital Gyri around Calcurine Fissure

Visual info from retina

2
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Ventral Posterior Nucleus

A

Primary somatosensory cortex

Post-central gyrus

3
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Medial Geniculate Nucleus

A

Primary auditory cortex

Superior temporal gyrus

4
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Ventral Anterior Nucleus

A

Pre-motor cortex

Superior frontal gyrus

5
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Mediodorsal Nucleus

A

Prefrontal cortex

Processing cognitive info

6
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NT of ventral lateral nucleus

A

Glutamate

7
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NT of reticular nucleus

A

GABA

8
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Ventral Lateral Nucleus

A

primary motor cortex

Pre-central gyrus

9
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Anterior nuclei

A

Cingulate cortex

Emotional Processing

10
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Lateral Posterior Nucleus

A

Works w pulvinar

11
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Pulvinar nuclei

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Perception, language, temporal association

Parietal, occipital and temporal lobes

12
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Reticular nucleus neurons project to…

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