subthalamus
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The subthalamus or ventral thalamus is a part of the diencephalon. Its most prominent structure is the subthalamic nucleus. The subthalamus connects to the globus pallidus, a subcortical nucleus of the basal ganglia.
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Within Vinony's link graph, subthalamus is referenced by 102 other articles, and connects out to thalamus, habenula and emotion.
It is catalogued under topics including Basal ganglia and Subthalamus.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Brain.Name
- Subthalamus
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- Anatomie-Basalganglien-A.jpg
- Brain.Caption
- Coronal slices of human brain showing the basal ganglia, subthalamic nucleus (STN) and substantia nigra (SN). STN is in subthalamus; SN is not.
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
6,100 papers- Parkinson's disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder.Nature · 2026
- Convergent mapping of a tremor treatment network.Nature communications · 2025
- Re-engineering the subthalamus.World neurosurgery · 2013
- Subthalamus deep brain stimulation for primary dystonia patients: a long-term follow-up study.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2013
- Differential synaptic depression mediates the therapeutic effect of deep brain stimulation.Nature neuroscience · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- diencephalon
- Has part
- globus pallidus
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C52731
- Commons category
- Subthalamus
- topic's main category
- Category:Subthalamus
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Connections
- References
- External links
The subthalamus or ventral thalamus is a part of the diencephalon. Its most prominent structure is the subthalamic nucleus. The subthalamus connects to the globus pallidus, a subcortical nucleus of the basal ganglia.
==Structure==
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