Complete Definition of "medial geniculate nucleus"

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Noun
medial geniculate nucleus

  1. The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.

References
Bear et al. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain Co. 2001, Lippincot Williams and Wilkins

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