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Thalamogeniculate artery
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The thalamogeniculate artery is either a single artery or group of smaller arteries[1] arising from the posterior cerebral artery (distal to the origin of the posterior communicating artery).[2][1] It is part of the posterolateral central arteries.[2] It supplies parts of the thalamus (including the geniculate nuclei).[2][1]
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Anatomy
Distribution
According to the 42th Edition of Gray's Anatomy, the thalamogeniculate arteries supply the posterior thalamus, and medial geniculate nucleus.[2]
According to the Medical Dictionary of the French Academy of Medicine, it supplies the ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus, and the geniculate nuclei.[1]
Clinical significance
A loss of supply of this artery presents clinically with sensory disturbances, and restlessness.[3]
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