Ventral Nuclear Group
Hierarchy level in atlas is 3: 2 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: VNGAbbreviation
VNG
Species
Mouse
Description of part
Collator note: we include this thalamic nucleus based on Price 1995 and Paxinos and Watson 1986. The abbreviation was adapted from Bowden 2000
Part type
gray matter
Nomenclature
Paxinos/Franklin-2001
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Collator argument
The hierarchy of this region was constructed using the rat atlases Paxinos and Watson 1998 and Paxinos and Watson 1986, as well as Price 1995.
Reference
Author:
Paxinos G., Franklin K.B.J.
Title of Book:
The mouse brain in stereotaxic coordinates.
Year:
2001
Pages:
15-60
Edition:
2nd
Publisher:
Academic Press
Major subparts
Name | Type |
ventromedial thalamic nucleus | gray matter |
ventral anterior thalamic nucleus | gray matter |
ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus | gray matter |
gustatory thalamic nucleus | gray matter |
ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus | gray matter |
ventrolateral thalamic nucleus | gray matter |