外侧背核
Nucleus dorsalis lateralis
定义
背外侧核是丘脑外侧核群背侧层的神经核。该神经核的连接细节尚不明确,但目前认为其与扣带回皮质及顶枕颞(POT)皮质存在广泛的皮质连接。通过与顶枕颞皮质的连接,背外侧核被认为在高级认知行为中发挥作用,包括空间感知。
參考資料
Snell, R.S. (2010). ‘Chapter 12: The Thalamus and its Connections’, in Clinical Neuroanatomy. (7th ed.) Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 372.
Mizumori, S.J. and Williams, J.D., (1993). Directionally selective mnemonic properties of neurons in the lateral dorsal nucleus of the thalamus of rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 13(9), pp.4015-4028.