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Record 1 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The expanded posterior extremity of the thalamus which forms a cushion-like prominence overlying the geniculate bodies.

CONT

The Pulvinar Thalamus: Gateway to Higher Cortical Function.... The pulvinar occupies the posterior on-third of the thalamus and it is comprised of three major subcompartments. Recent physiological evidence implicates the pulvinar in visuomotor behaviors and central mechanisms of attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Le thalamus constitue les parois du IIIème ventricule. apparaît plus étroit et plus pointu en avant, où il forme la limite latérale du foramen inter-ventriculaire, et présente un développement plus important en arrière (pulvinar), où il forme la paroi antérieure de l'atrium ou carrefour ventriculaire. Sa face médiale est plate, et parallèle à la ligne médiane, alors que sa face latérale est convexe et orientée obliquement d'arrière en avant et médialement vers la ligne médiane.

Spanish

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