MGN

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LIMBIC RELAY anterior lateral dorsal (LD) MOTOR
RELAY ventral anterior (VA) ventral lateral
(VL) SENSORY RELAY ventral posterior medial
(VPM) ventral posterior lateral (VPL) lateral
geniculate (LGN) medial geniculate
(MGN) GATEKEEPER reticular

• Thalamus summary

NONSPECIFIC midline intraminar (centromedian)
(CM) ASSOCIATIVE mediodorsal (MD) pulvinar late
ral posterior (LP)
midline
Ant.
MD/DM
LD
LP
VA
VL
pulvinar
CM
VPL
reticular nucleus
MGN
VPM
LGN
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Mnemonic

• And for those who prefer memorizing the
  functional groups in order, heres your mnemonic
  (NALMSG)
• Neurons Are Linked in Motor Sensory Ganglia
• N nonspecific
• A associative
• L limbic
• M motor
• S sensory
• G gatekeeper