Tags: Anatomical Structure, Brain.

The lateral dorsal nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus.It acts in concert with the anterior nuclei of thalamus.It receives significant input from several subdivisions of visual cortex and has a primary output to parietal cortex on the dorsolateral cortical convexity giving it access to limbic forebrain nuclei important for emotion and behavior functions.

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