Thalamic regions | Patient No. | No. of patients | ||||||
Hirai and Jones' | Hassler's | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
VA proper | Lpo | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 6 |
VAmc | Lpo.mc | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 6 |
VLa | Zo | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 6 |
Voa | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | ||
Vop | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) | (+) | (−) | ||
Doe | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | ||
VLp | Voi | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 6 |
Doi | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | ||
VM | Vom | (−) | (+) | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) | 1 |
MD | Mfa | (−) | (−) | (−) | (+) | (−) | (−) | 1 |
IML/CeM | Lam | (−) | (+) | (−) | (+) | (+) | (−) | 3 |
R | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 6 | |
MTT | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 6 | |
ICg | (−) | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 3 | |
H | (−) | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | (−) | 2 | |
STN | (−) | (−) | (−) | (+) | (−) | (−) | 1 |
The nomenclature for the thalamic nuclei is according to Hirai and Jones and Hassler.
CeM, central medial nucleus; H, fields of Forel; ICg, genu of the internal capsule; IML, internal medullary lamina; MD, mediodorsal nucleus; MTT, mammillothalamic tract; R, reticular nucleus; STN, subthalamic nucleus; VA, ventral anterior nucleus; VAmc, magnocellular ventral anterior nucleus; VLa, ventral lateral anterior nucleus; VLp, ventral lateral posterior nucleus; VM, ventral medial nucleus.