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Pulvinar

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Pul`vi´nar
n.1.(Anat.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
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Given these relatively distinct features, demarcating the external borders of the MD presented no serious problem, except perhaps for the most posterior level of the MD, adjacent to the anterior part of the pulvinar, where the IML breaks up into clustered aggregates that invade the MD.
Neuron and glial cell numbers in the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in ... by Nielsen, Rune Damgaard; Abitz, Maja; Pakkenberg, Bente / Image Analysis and Stereology
A more anterior part, as well as the pulvinar (posterior) part of the dominant hemispheric thalamus has also been associated with language disturbances (Penfield & Roberts, 1959).
Neurological aspects of stuttering: summary overview of scientific ... by Willemse, Naudine; Viljoen, Margaretha; Govender, Catherine / Health SA Gesondheid
An electroencephalogram evaluation showed no abnormalities, but a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study showed the characteristic signal abnormalities in the pulvinar and metathalamic regions suggestive of vCJD.
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease death, United States by Schonberger, Lawrence B. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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