"Pulvinar" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Large mass of nuclei forming the most caudal portion of the THALAMUS and overhanging the GENICULATE BODIES and the dorsolateral surface of the MIDBRAIN. It is divided into four parts: the lateral, medial, inferior, and oral pulvinar nuclei.
| Descriptor ID |
D020649
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.485.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulvinar- Pulvinar
- Pulvinars
- Pulvinar Thalamus
- Pulvinar Thalami
- Thalami, Pulvinar
- Thalamus, Pulvinar
- Nucleus Pulvinaris
- Nucleus Pulvinari
- Pulvinari, Nucleus
- Pulvinaris, Nucleus
- Pulvinar Nucleus
- Nucleus, Pulvinar
Oral Pulvinar Nucleus- Oral Pulvinar Nucleus
- Nucleus, Oral Pulvinar
- Pulvinar Nucleus, Oral
- Anterior Pulvinar Nucleus
- Nucleus, Anterior Pulvinar
- Pulvinar Nucleus, Anterior
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulvinar" by people in Profiles.
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Thalamic relays and cortical functioning. Prog Brain Res. 2005; 149:107-26.
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The role of the thalamus in the flow of information to the cortex. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2002 Dec 29; 357(1428):1695-708.
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Synaptic targets of thalamic reticular nucleus terminals in the visual thalamus of the cat. J Comp Neurol. 2001 Nov 26; 440(4):321-41.