part of part of nucleus of brain ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/ThalamicNuclei.png VPN ventroposterior nucleus ventral posterior nucleus UBERON:0002596 FMA:62187 BM:Die-Th-VPI Part of thalamus receiving primary somatic sensory information via the medial lemniscal pathway that projects to the primary somatosensory cortex (adapted from Paxinos, The Rat Nervous System, 2nd Ed, Academic Press, 1995). ventroposterior nucleus of thalamus ventroposterior inferior nucleus neuronames:343 ventral posterior thalamic nucleus nucleus ventrales posteriores ventrobasal nucleus VP EMAPA:35912 BTO:0004374 BTO:0004373 ventral posterior ventrobasal complex MBA:709 BIRNLEX:1116 BAMS:VP DHBA:10423 Wikipedia:Ventral_posterior_nucleus SCTID:279147005 nuclei ventrales posteriores UMLS:C0175276 nucleus ventralis posterior ventral posterior complex of the thalamus ventral nuclear group nucleus of dorsal thalamus