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The Internal medullary lamina is a thin sheet of white matter that runs longitudinally through the thalamus between the dorsomedial and ventral nuclei. The centromedian nucleus, the paracentral nucleus and the central lateral nucleus are enclosed within the internal medullary lamina.
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Thalamus
The thalamus is a structure at the center of each cerebral hemisphere which is a relay for sensory pathways, and for brain stem, cerebellar, and subcortical pathways to the cortex, as well as a relay between different cortical areas.
