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Zona incerta
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| Brain: Zona incerta | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gray's | subject #189 812 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-421 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | z_01/12869746 | |
The zona incerta is a small region of gray matter that is part of the subthalamus.
This nucleus is located medially to the internal capsule, ventral to the thalamus, and is contiguous with the Thalamic reticular nucleus.
This nucleus separates the lenticular fasciculus from the thalamic fasciculus.
This region receives widespread input from the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, and sends outputs back to the cortex.
Its functions, however, remain largely unknown.
| Brain: diencephalon | |
|---|---|
| Epithalamus | Pineal body, Habenula, Habenular nuclei |
| Hypothalamus | anterior: Anterior hypothalamic nucleus, Paraventricular nucleus, Preoptic area, Supraoptic nucleus, Suprachiasmatic nucleus intermediate/middle/tuberal/pituitary: infundibulum, median eminence, arcuate nucleus, Ventromedial nucleus, Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, Tuber cinereum, Pituitary gland (Anterior pituitary, Posterior pituitary) posterior/lateral: posterior nucleus, Mammillary body, Lateral nucleus |
| Subthalamus | Subthalamic nucleus, Zona incerta |
| Thalamus | Pulvinar, Metathalamus (Medial geniculate nucleus, Lateral geniculate nucleus), list of thalamic nuclei |
| Other | Third ventricle, Interventricular foramina, Optic chiasm, Subfornical organ |