Cytoarchitecture and Myeloarchitecture of the Pulvinar

  • Ricardo Gattass
  • Juliana G. M. Soares
  • Bruss Lima
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Part of the Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology book series (ADVSANAT, volume 225)

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss the different ways in which the primate pulvinar has been subdivided, based on cytoarchitectural and myeloarchitectural criteria. One original criterion, based on cytoarchitecture, subdivided the pulvinar into nucleus pulvinaris medialis (PM), nucleus pulvinaris lateralis (PL), and nucleus pulvinaris inferior (PI). Later, the anterior limits of the pulvinar were extended and a subdivision was added to this nucleus, named pulvinar oralis (PO). PO occupies the anterior portion of the pulvinar and appears between the nucleus centrum medianum (CM) and the nucleus ventralis posterior lateralis (VPL).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ricardo Gattass
    • 1
  • Juliana G. M. Soares
    • 1
  • Bruss Lima
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratory of Cognitive PhysiologyInstitute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil

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