Slide 5:Anterior Nucleus

Identify:

• Corpus Callosum (CC)
• Lateral Ventricle (LV)
• Fornix (F, dorsally and ventrally)
• Body of Caudate (C)
• Stria Terminalis (ST)
• Stria Medullaris Thalami (SMT)
• Choroid Plexus (CP) forming roof of third ventricle (3V)
• Mediodorsal Nucleus (MD)
• Anterior Nucleus (A)
• Internal Medullary Lamina (IML)
• Ventral Anterior Nucleus (VA)
• Reticular Nucleus (R) and Zona Incerta (ZI)
• Internal Capsule (IC)
• Extreme Capsule (ExmC)
• Claustrum (Cl)
• External Capsule (ExlC)
• Putamen (P)
• Globus Pallidus (GPm, GPl)
• Optic Tract (OT)
• Amygdala
• Ansa Lenticularis (AL, pallidothalamic projections to VA)
• Anterior Commissure (AC)
• Mammillothalamic Tract (MTT)
• Massa Intermedia (MI)

Note:

• The fornix is visible both dorsally beneath the Corpus Callosum and ventrally in the Hypothalamus.