If you are maintaining your current body weight, you are in caloric balance. If you need to gain weight or to lose weight, you'll need to tip the balance scale in one direction or another to achieve your goal.
The ventral posterior nucleus is the somato-sensory relay nucleus in thalamus of the brain. Ventral posterolateral nucleus, which receives sensory information from the body. 2  Ventral posteromedial nucleus, which receives sensory information from the head and face via the trigeminal nerve.
Broadly, there is an anterior, lateral and medial subdivision of the thalamus. Within each of these divisions there may be subnuclei with distinct connections. The anterior thalamic nucleus has a single nucleus, the anterior nucleus. This is between the arms of the rostral parts of the internal medullary lamina. The medial portion of the thalamus contains the medial dorsal nucleus (MD; also called the dorsal medial nucleus - DM) as well as smaller midline nuclei (located right beneath the wall of the third ventricle).