The following thalamus nuclei receive pain and temperature stimuli mediated by the tractus spinothalamicus and/or tractus trigeminothalamicus lateralis:
Posterior thalamus nucleus Mediodoral ventrocaudal thalamus nucleus The caudal intralaminar thalamus nucleus group The rostral intralaminar thalamus nucleus group, especially nucl. centralis lateralis.
The ventral medial posterior thalamus nucleus The ventral posterolateral thalamus nucleus The ventral posteromedialthalamus nucleus