In the anatomy of the brain, the centromedian nucleus, also known as the centrum medianum, (CM or Cm-Pf) is a part of the intralaminar nucleus (ILN) of the thalamus. There are two centromedian nuclei arranged bilaterally. It contains about 2000 neurons per cubic millimetre and has a volume of about 310 cubic millimetres with 664,000 neurons in total. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centromedian_nucleus ]
Synonyms: centromedian thalamic nucleus centromedian nucleus of thalamus nucleus centralis centralis centrum medianum nucleus centralis thalami (Hassler) nucleus centromedianus noyau centre median of Luys central nucleus-1 central magnocellular nucleus of thalamus nucleus centromedianus thalami nucleus centri mediani thalami nucleus centrum medianum centrum medianum thalami centromedian nucleus centre median nucleus
Term information
- FMA:62165
- EV:0100215
- NCIT:C32284
- DMBA:16402
- UMLS:C0228351 (BIRNLEX:805)
- UMLS:C0920328 (ncithesaurus:Centromedian_Nucleus_of_the_Thalamus)
- BAMS:CMn
- BAMS:CM
- DHBA:10449
- SCTID:279162007
- BIRNLEX:805
- Wikipedia:Centromedian_nucleus
- neuronames:323 (BIRNLEX:805)
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