A region in the very center of the thalamus called the medial nuclei also makes the sort of distinction that is interpreted by us as "pleasant" or "unpleasant."

Anteriorly there is only an incomplete boundary with the medial nucleus.

The strong interrelation between the medial nucleus and the frontal cortex is known for long.

One spot that is particularly rich in receptors is known as the ventral medial nucleus.

Medial nucleus.

In non human primates, the medial nucleus (often named dorsomedian) is subdivided into several subnuclei.

Along with the paramedian formation, it makes a kind of capsule around the medial nucleus ("circular nucleus").

This nucleus projects to the ventral posterior medial nucleus in the dorsal thalamus.

Among these nuclei are the basolateral complex, the cortical nucleus, the medial nucleus, and the central nucleus.

S1 receives parallel thalamocortical radiations from the posterior medial nucleus and the VPN.

The latter end by arborizing around the cells of the medial nucleus, which is situated in the area acustica of the rhomboid fossa.

Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB)

In man where there is no or almost no adhesio interthalamica this is reduced to a thin layer medial to the medial nucleus.

A region in the very center of the thalamus called the medial nuclei also makes the sort of distinction that is interpreted by us as "pleasant" or "unpleasant."

Serving as a major output pathway of the amygdala, the stria terminalis runs from its corticomedial division to the ventral medial nucleus of the hypothalamus.

The superior olivary complex is divided into three primary nuclei, the MSO, LSO, and the Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, and several smaller periolivary nuclei.

The anterior insula receives a direct projection from the basal part of the ventral medial nucleus (VMb) of the thalamus and a particularly large input from the central nucleus of the amygdala.

The LSO receives excitatory, glutamatergic input from spherical bushy cells in the ipsilateral cochlear nucleus and inhibitory, glycinergic input from the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB).

Axons from the rostral (gustatory) part of the solitary nucleus project to the ventral posterior complex of the thalamus, where they terminate in the medial half of the ventral posterior medial nucleus.

It is the ascending axonal tract in the brainstem that carries tactile and proprioceptive information from the contralateral principal (chief sensory) nucleus of the trigeminal system to the ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus.

The most important of these pathways for our purposes is the lemniscal pathway, in which axons from the principal nucleus cross over and project to "barreloids" in the dorsomedial section of the ventroposterior medial nucleus (VPMdm) of the thalamus.

The AVCN consists of spherical bushy cells and globular bushy cells and can also transmit signals to the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB), whose neuron projects to the MSO.

Globular bushy cells in the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus (VCN) send axons to the contralateral Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid body (MNTB), where they synapse via these calyces on MNTB principal cells.

It is defined as the part of the prefrontal cortex that receives projections from the magnocellular, medial nucleus of the mediodorsal thalamus, and is thought to represent emotion and reward in decision making It gets its name from its position immediately above the orbits in which the eyes are located.