Anterior Thalamic Nuclei

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Three nuclei located beneath the dorsal surface of the most rostral part of the thalamus. The group includes the anterodorsal nucleus, anteromedial nucleus, and anteroventral nucleus. All receive connections from the MAMILLARY BODY and BRAIN FORNIX, and project fibers to the CINGULATE BODY.

Descriptor ID	D020643
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.080
Concept/Terms	Anterior Thalamic Nuclei Anterior Thalamic Nuclei Nuclei, Anterior Thalamic Thalamic Nuclei, Anterior Anterior Thalamus Thalamus, Anterior Anterior Thalamic Nucleus Anterior Nuclear Group Anterior Nucleus of Thalamus Thalamus Anterior Nucleus Anteromedial Thalamic Nucleus Anteromedial Thalamic Nucleus Nucleus, Anteromedial Thalamic Thalamic Nucleus, Anteromedial Anteromedial Nucleus Nucleus, Anteromedial Anteroventral Thalamic Nucleus Anteroventral Thalamic Nucleus Nucleus, Anteroventral Thalamic Thalamic Nucleus, Anteroventral Anteroventral Nucleus Nucleus, Anteroventral Anterodorsal Thalamic Nucleus Anterodorsal Thalamic Nucleus Nucleus, Anterodorsal Thalamic Thalamic Nucleus, Anterodorsal Anterodorsal Nucleus Nucleus, Anterodorsal

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Diencephalon [A08.186.211.730.317]
Thalamus [A08.186.211.730.317.826]
Thalamic Nuclei [A08.186.211.730.317.826.701]
Anterior Thalamic Nuclei [A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.080]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	0	2
2020	0	1	1
2021	2	0	2
2022	1	0	1

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Simpson HD, Schulze-Bonhage A, Cascino GD, Fisher RS, Jobst BC, Sperling MR, Lundstrom BN. Practical considerations in epilepsy neurostimulation. Epilepsia. 2022 10; 63(10):2445-2460.

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Gross RE, Fisher RS, Sperling MR, Giftakis JE, Stypulkowski PH. Analysis of Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Targeting in the Stimulation of Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy Clinical Trial. Neurosurgery. 2021 08 16; 89(3):406-412.

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Salanova V, Sperling MR, Gross RE, Irwin CP, Vollhaber JA, Giftakis JE, Fisher RS. The SANT? study at 10 years of follow-up: Effectiveness, safety, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2021 06; 62(6):1306-1317.

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Bordes S, Werner C, Mathkour M, McCormack E, Iwanaga J, Loukas M, Lammle M, Dumont AS, Tubbs RS. Arterial Supply of the Thalamus: A Comprehensive Review. World Neurosurg. 2020 05; 137:310-318.

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Wu C, D'Haese PF, Pallavaram S, Dawant BM, Konrad P, Sharan AD. Variations in Thalamic Anatomy Affect Targeting in Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2016; 94(6):387-396.

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Skorina LK, Recktenwald EW, Dudkin EA, Saidel WM, Gruberg ER. Representation of the visual field in the anterior thalamus of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Neurosci Lett. 2016 05 16; 621:34-38.

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Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry TR, Gross RE, Nazzaro JM, Labar D, Sperling MR, Sharan A, Sandok E, Handforth A, Stern JM, Chung S, Henderson JM, French J, Baltuch G, Rosenfeld WE, Garcia P, Barbaro NM, Fountain NB, Elias WJ, Goodman RR, Pollard JR, Tr?ster AI, Irwin CP, Lambrecht K, Graves N, Fisher R. Long-term efficacy and safety of thalamic stimulation for drug-resistant partial epilepsy. Neurology. 2015 Mar 10; 84(10):1017-25.

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Fisher R, Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry T, Gross R, Oommen K, Osorio I, Nazzaro J, Labar D, Kaplitt M, Sperling M, Sandok E, Neal J, Handforth A, Stern J, DeSalles A, Chung S, Shetter A, Bergen D, Bakay R, Henderson J, French J, Baltuch G, Rosenfeld W, Youkilis A, Marks W, Garcia P, Barbaro N, Fountain N, Bazil C, Goodman R, McKhann G, Babu Krishnamurthy K, Papavassiliou S, Epstein C, Pollard J, Tonder L, Grebin J, Coffey R, Graves N. Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for treatment of refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2010 May; 51(5):899-908.

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Mori S, Kaufmann WE, Davatzikos C, Stieltjes B, Amodei L, Fredericksen K, Pearlson GD, Melhem ER, Solaiyappan M, Raymond GV, Moser HW, van Zijl PC. Imaging cortical association tracts in the human brain using diffusion-tensor-based axonal tracking. Magn Reson Med. 2002 Feb; 47(2):215-23.

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