The group of neurons that serve as the primary processor of visual information received from the retina via the optic tract and send processed information to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0004165 ]

Synonyms: lateral geniculate complex corpus geniculatum laterales lateral geniculate nucleus nucleus geniculatus lateralis

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

abbreviation
LGN [ BIRNLEX:1662 NIFSTD:NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
corpus geniculatus lateralis [ NeuroNames:352 ]

latin term
nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis [ NeuroNames:352 BAMS:LG ]

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Gray719.png

external ontology notes

BTO has distinct classes for body and nucleus, but other sources treat as identical

has related synonym

corpus geniculatus lateralis

nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis

LGB

external geniculate body

corpus geniculatum laterale

corpus geniculatum externum

id

UBERON:0001926

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569