Metathalamus
Hierarchy level in atlas is 1: 0 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: MetathalamusAbbreviation
Metathalamus
Species
Human
Description of part
No description provided. The nomenclature was adapted from the atlas, pages 281-328. Collator note: since this structure does not have an abbreviation, we adopted its name as the abbreviation.
Part type
gray matter
Nomenclature
Mai-1997
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Collator argument
The hierarchy was constructed based on the information provided in the atlas (pages 281-287), and on the latest version of the hierarchical tree provided by the first author of the atlas. Some structures are captured in two or more hierarchical trees in the used sources. Details are provided for those structures.
Reference
| Name | Type |
| lateral geniculate nucleus | gray matter |
| medial geniculate nucleus | gray matter |
