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dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
- Term ID
- UBERON:0002479
- Synonyms
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- corpus geniculatum laterale (Hassler)
- DLG
- dorsal nucleus of lateral geniculate body
- dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex
- lateral geniculate complex, dorsal part
- lateral geniculate nucleus dorsal part
- lateral geniculate nucleus, dorsal part
- nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis, pars dorsalis
- nucleus geniculatus lateralis dorsalis
- nucleus geniculatus lateralis pars dorsalis
- Definition
- The main division of the lateral geniculate body; consists of two magnocellular layers [TA] (strata magnocellularia [TA]) and four parvocellular layers [TA] (strata parvocellularia [TA]) and serves as a processing station in the major pathway from the retina to the cerebral cortex, receiving fibers from the optic tract and giving rise to the geniculocalcarine radiation to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe. http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=61422
- References
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- BAMS:DLG
- BAMS:LGd
- BM:GLd
- DHBA:10430
- DMBA:16436
- EMAPA:35290
- HBA:4440
- MA:0002775
- MBA:170
- PBA:128013074
- UMLS:C0175292
- birnlex:1595
- http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=353
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175292
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