Term Name: ventral nuclear group
Synonyms: dorsal thalamus, ventral group, nuclei ventrales thalami, ventral dorsal thalamic nuclear group, ventral group of dorsal thalamus, ventral group of the dorsal thalamus, ventral thalamus nucleus, VNG
Definition: Nuclei in the ventral part of the thalamus, involved in modulating activity of dorsal thalamic nuclei.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002776]

Relationships
is part of: dorsal thalamus
has parts: subthalamic nucleus ventral anterior nucleus of thalamus ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus ventral medial complex of thalamus ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus
is a type of: nucleus of dorsal thalamus