TABLE 1.
Grouping | Functions | Individual Nuclei |
---|---|---|
Specific sensory | Primary visual, auditory, and somatosensory | LGN, MGN, VPL |
Associative‐sensory | Higher‐order visual, somatosensory, visual–spatial integration | Pul, LP |
Associative‐cognitive | Learning, memory, cognition, emotion regulation | AV, LD, MD, MV‐re, Pt |
Intralaminar | Arousal, alerting, pain | CeM, CL, Pc, CM, Pf |
Motor | Motor, oculomotion, motor planning | VA, VL, VM |
Abbreviations: AV, anteroventral; CeM, central medial; CL, central lateral; CM, centromedian; LD, laterodorsal; LGN, lateral geniculate nucleus; LP, lateral posterior; MGN, medial geniculate nucleus; MD, mediodorsal; MV‐re, reuniens (medial ventral); Pc, paracentral; Pf, parafascicular; Pul, pulvinar; Pt, parateniens; VA, ventral anterior; VL, ventral lateral; VM, ventromedial.