Medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus

The medial dorsal nucleus (or dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus) is a large nucleus in the thalamus. It receives inputs from the Pre-Frontal Cortex and the Limbic System and in turn relays them to the Pre-Frontal Association Cortex. As a result, it plays a crucial role in attention, planning, organization, abstract thinking, multi-tasking and active memory. The connections of the medial dorsal nucleus have even been used to delineate the prefrontal cortex of the Göttingen minipig brain. By stereology the number of brain cells in the region has been estimated to around 6.43 million neurons in the adult human brain and 36.3 million glial cells, and with the newborn having quite different numbers: around 11.2 million neurons and 10.6 million glial cells. Lesions of the medial dorsal nucleus have been associated with Wernicke's encephalopathy [WP,unvetted].

Aliases

Dorsal medial nucleus of thalamus
Dorsal thalamus medial division
Dorsomedial nuclear group
Dorsomedial nucleus
Dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus
Medial dorsal nucleus
Medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus
Medial dorsal thalamic nucleus
Medial group of the dorsal thalamus
Medial nuclear group
Medial nuclear group of thalamus
Medial thalamic nuclear group
Medial thalamic nuclei
Medial thalamic nucleus
Mediodorsal nucleus
Mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus
Mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus
Nuclei mediales (thalami)
Nucleus dorsomedialis thalami
Nucleus medialis dorsalis
Nucleus medialis dorsalis (Hassler)
Nucleus medialis dorsalis thalami
Nucleus mediodorsalis thalami
Nucleus mediodorsalis thalami
Nucleus thalamicus mediodorsalis