Thalamic Nuclei

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Several groups of nuclei in the thalamus that serve as the major relay centers for sensory impulses in the brain.

Descriptor ID	D013787
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.317.826.701
Concept/Terms	Thalamic Nuclei Thalamic Nuclei Nuclei, Thalamic

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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]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	2	1	3
2022	1	1	2
2024	4	1	5
2025	2	1	3
2026	1	0	1

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Das D, Iglehart C, Bilgin A, Saranathan M. Robust thalamic nuclei segmentation using spectral clustering of fiber orientation distributions. PLoS One. 2026; 21(3):e0345649.

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Ortiz-Teran E, Ortiz-Teran L, Perez DL, Ortiz T, Diez I. Long-term visual-to-tactile stimulation induces functional reorganization of thalamic pathways to achieve visual perception. Neuroimage. 2026 Jan; 325:121652.

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Saranathan M, Cogliandro G, Hicks T, Patterson D, Vachha B, Hader A, Shazeeb MS, Cacciola A. Comprehensive Segmentation of Deep Grey Nuclei From Structural MRI Data. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Oct 01; 46(14):e70350.

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Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV, Saranathan M, Pohl KM, Bischoff-Grethe A, Stoner SA, Riley EP. Thalamic Nuclear Volumes in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: From Adolescence to Middle-Age Twenty Years Later. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2026 Jun; 11(6):668-687.

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Segobin S, Haast RAM, Kumar VJ, Lella A, Alkemade A, Bach Cuadra M, Barbeau EJ, Felician O, Pergola G, Pitel AL, Saranathan M, Tourdias T, Hornberger M. A roadmap towards standardized neuroimaging approaches for human thalamic nuclei. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2024 Dec; 25(12):792-808.

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Young TR, Kumar VJ, Saranathan M. Normative Modeling of Thalamic Nuclear Volumes and Characterization of Lateralized Volume Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease Versus Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2025 Jul; 10(7):726-739.

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Koubiyr I, Yamamoto T, Blyau S, Kamroui RA, Mansencal B, Planche V, Petit L, Saranathan M, Casey R, Ruet A, Brochet B, Manj?n JV, Dousset V, Coup? P, Tourdias T. Vulnerability of Thalamic Nuclei at CSF Interface During the Entire Course of Multiple Sclerosis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2024 May; 11(3):e200222.

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Vidal JP, Danet L, P?ran P, Pariente J, Bach Cuadra M, Zahr NM, Barbeau EJ, Saranathan M. Robust thalamic nuclei segmentation from T1-weighted MRI using polynomial intensity transformation. Brain Struct Funct. 2024 Jun; 229(5):1087-1101.

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Santini T, Chen C, Zhu W, Liou JJ, Walker E, Venkatesh S, Farhat N, Sajewski A, Alkhateeb S, Saranathan M, Xia Z, Ibrahim TS. Hippocampal subfields and thalamic nuclei associations with clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis: An ultrahigh field MRI study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Jun; 86:105520.

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Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV, Zahr NM, Pohl KM, Saranathan M. Multi-atlas thalamic nuclei segmentation on standard T1-weighed MRI with application to normal aging. Hum Brain Mapp. 2023 02 01; 44(2):612-628.

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