It is the most anterior of the dorsal lateral nuclei.

[1] It is also known as the dorsal superficial nucleus.

[2] 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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