A 36-year-old woman has suffered a rupture of an aneurysm on the anterior communicating artery. She survives and the lesion is clipped. However, she sustains injury to the prefrontal cortex and has...

A 36-year-old woman has suffered a rupture of an aneurysm on the anterior communicating artery. She survives and the lesion is clipped. However, she sustains injury to the prefrontal cortex and has marked personality changes. She is noted to be profoundly apathetic to her condition. The connection between her prefrontal cortex and which thalamic nucleus has been affected?

A. Anterior nucleus of the thalamus

B. Dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus

C. Ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus

D. Ventral lateral nucleus of the thalamus

E. Medial geniculate nucleus (MGN) of the thalamus