Horizontal Cutting through the Internal Capsule

1. Subcallosal area
2. Paraterminal gyrus
3. Column of fornix
4. Anterior limb of internal capsule
5. Posterior limb of internal capsule
6. Globus pallidus
7. Putamen
8. Reticular nucleus of thalamus and external medullary lamina
9. Ventral thalamic nuclei: VA, VL, VP

10. Anterior nucleus of thalamus
11. Mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus
12. Centromedial nucleus of thalamus
13. Pulvinar
14. Medial geniculate body
15. Stria medullaris thalami
16. Splenium of corpus callosum
17. Body of fornix
18. Head of caudate nucleus

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