See Also: nucleus reticularis thalami(medicine)
nucleus medialis thalami(medicine)
nucleus paracentralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus arcuatus thalami(medicine)
nucleus lateralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus medialis centralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis posterolateralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus centralis lateralis thalami(medicine)
nucleus ventralis posterior thalami(medicine)

nucleus reticularis thalami (medicine)


nucleus reticularis thalami -->
reticular nucleus of thalamus


A sheet of fairly large neurons covering the lateral, ventral, and rostral surfaces of the thalamus; its reticular appearance is caused by the numerous fascicles of the thalamic peduncles which traverse the nucleus The nucleus receives numerous fibres from the cerebral cortex but it has no cortical projection.

Synonym: nucleus reticularis thalami.