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Diencephalon: Ventral Thalamus or Subthalamus

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The ventral thalamus occupies a relatively narrow zone of the diencephalon intercalated between the dorsal thalamus and hypothalamus. Its main nuclear groups are the reticular nucleus, zona incerta, pregeniculate nucleus and corpus subthalamicum or subthalamic nucleus (Figs. 6.36, 6.37). Noteworthy is that Kahle [20] and Richter [52, 53] assert that the subthalamic nucleus forms part of a separate — subthalamic — zone. However, most authors do not make this distinction and treat subthalamus and ventral thalamus as synonyms.

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(2008). Diencephalon: Ventral Thalamus or Subthalamus. In: The Human Central Nervous System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34686-9_9

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