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Nucleus reuniens

Nucleus reuniens
Nucleus Reuniens.svg
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Latin Nucleus reuniens
NeuroLex ID Reuniens nucleus
TA A14.1.08.632
FMA 62153
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The nucleus reuniens is a component of the thalamic midline nuclear group. In the human brain, it is located in the interthalamic adhesion (massa intermedia).

The nucleus reuniens receives afferent input from a large number of structures, mainly from limbic and limbic-associated structures. It sends projections to the medial prefrontal cortex, the hippocampus, and the entorhinal cortex, although there exist sparse connections to many of the afferent structures as well.

The prefrontal cortical-hippocampal connection allows it to regulate neural traffic between them with changes in attentiveness, as well as contribute to associative learning, spatial route planning, resilience to stress and memory generalization.



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