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The lateral posterior nucleus is part of the dorsal tier of the thalamus and has very similar connections and functions to the pulvinar nuclei such as integrating and modulating visual, somatosensory and motor signals.
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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.
