part of part of capable of part of capable of part of memory Homo sapiens medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/ThalamicNuclei.png BIRNLEX:1543 dorsomedial nucleus Editor node: consider generic medial nuclear group and adding medioventral as sibling of this UMLS:C0228329 GAID:663 MESH:D020645 medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus medial dorsal thalamic nucleus SCTID:279149008 medial nuclear group EMAPA:35296 nucleus mediodorsalis thalami dorsal thalamus medial division BAMS:MD Wikipedia:Medial_dorsal_nucleus nucleus thalamicus mediodorsalis mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus BTO:0002453 EV:0100200 BAMS:MTh nucleus dorsomedialis thalami The medial dorsal nucleus (or dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus) is a large nucleus in the thalamus. It receives inputs from the Pre-Frontal Cortex and the Limbic System and in turn relays them to the Pre-Frontal Association Cortex. As a result, it plays a crucial role in attention, planning, organization, abstract thinking, multi-tasking and active memory. The connections of the medial dorsal nucleus have even been used to delineate the prefrontal cortex of the Göttingen minipig brain. By stereology the number of brain cells in the region has been estimated to around 6.43 million neurons in the adult human brain and 36.3 million glial cells, and with the newborn having quite different numbers: around 11.2 million neurons and 10.6 million glial cells. Lesions of the medial dorsal nucleus have been associated with Wernicke's encephalopathy [WP,unvetted]. BAMS:MED dorsomedial nuclear group FMA:62156 medial dorsal nucleus medial thalamic nuclear group MA:0000863 nuclei mediales (thalami) HBA:4401 MBA:362 dorsal medial nucleus of thalamus mediodorsal nucleus BM:Die-Th-MD mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus medial thalamic nucleus nucleus medialis dorsalis medial nuclear group of thalamus NCIT:C32480 DHBA:10398 medial thalamic nuclei neuronames:312 medial group of the dorsal thalamus nucleus medialis dorsalis thalami dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus UBERON:0002739 nucleus medialis dorsalis (Hassler) mediodorsal thalamic nucleus lateral dorsal nucleus submedial nucleus of thalamus dorsal thalamus nucleus of dorsal thalamus