"Geniculate Bodies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Part of the diencephalon inferior to the caudal end of the dorsal thalamus. Includes the lateral geniculate body which relays visual impulses from the optic tract to the calcarine cortex, and the medial geniculate body which relays auditory impulses from the lateral lemniscus to the auditory cortex.
| Descriptor ID |
D005829
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.444
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| Concept/Terms |
Medial Geniculate Body- Medial Geniculate Body
- Bodies, Medial Geniculate
- Body, Medial Geniculate
- Geniculate Bodies, Medial
- Geniculate Body, Medial
- Medial Geniculate Bodies
Lateral Geniculate Body- Lateral Geniculate Body
- Bodies, Lateral Geniculate
- Body, Lateral Geniculate
- Geniculate Bodies, Lateral
- Geniculate Body, Lateral
- Lateral Geniculate Bodies
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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