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Central gray mesencephalic part left


Abbreviation
CGM
Color       
Superior regionsMesopontine central gray

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Central gray mesencephalic partCGMEng
Central gray of the midbrain  
Mesencephalic central grayCGEng
Midbrain central gray Eng
Griseum centrale mesencephali Eng
Substantia grisea centralis of the mesencephalon Eng
Midbrain central gray matter Eng

SubregionsSide
Central gray mesencephalic part inferior colliculus levelleft
Central gray mesencephalic part intercollicular levelleft
Central gray mesencephalic part superior colliculus levelleft
Central gray mesencephalic part ventral regionleft
Central gray mesencephalic part ventrolateral regionleft
Central gray mesencephalic part ventromedial partleft
Central gray mesencephalic part lateral borderleft
Dorsal portion of the mesencephalic central grayleft
Middle central gray mesencephalic partleft
Anteroposterior extension of the central gray mesencephalic partleft
Between anterior end of dorsal raphe and posterior ventral tegmental nucleus of the central gray mesencephalic partleft
Medial mesencephalic central grayleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL0
Locus coeruleusipsiLC1
Reticular systemipsiRF-1
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partipsiPNC1
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe-1
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi2
Motor trigeminal nucleus dorsolateral partipsiMo5DL3
Raphe nucleiipsiRAN-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg3
Raphe obscurus nucleusipsiROb3
Raphe pallidus nucleusipsiRPa3
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS3
Lateral preoptic area medial partipsiLPOm-0.5
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA1
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO0
Ventral part of the median preoptic nucleusipsiMnPOV-0.5
Dorsal median preoptic nucleusipsiMnPOD-0.5
Median preoptic nucleus caudal levelipsiMnPOC-0.5
Median preoptic nucleus middle levelipsiMnPOmL-0.5
Vascular organ of the lamina terminalisipsiVOLT-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area medial part [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiLHAmpar-0.5
Lateral zoneipsiLHA3
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH-0.5
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc3
Arcuate nucleus caudal halfipsiArcch-0.5
Dorsomedial paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPaDM1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaAP1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa3
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]ipsiSO-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleus caudomedial divisionipsiRecm2
Reunienes thalamic nucleus rostromedial divisionipsiRerm3
Reuniens thalamic nucleus rostrolateral divisionipsiRerl3
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiVL1
Ventromedial thalamic nucleusipsiVM1
Medial forebrain bundleipsimfb-2
Lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLA-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe-1
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL-1
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisionipsiCeM-1
Caudate putamenipsiCPu-1
Top of 3d ventricleipsiT3V1
Cervical segment 2ipsiCS2-0.5
Thoracal segment 8ipsiT8-0.5
Lumbar segment 1ipsiL1-0.5
Lumbar segment 6ipsiL6-0.5
Sacral segment 1ipsiSa1-0.5
Lateral preoptic area medial partcontraLPOm-0.5
Medial preoptic areacontraMPA1
Medial preoptic nucleuscontraMPO-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraDMHy-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area medial part [Preoptic anterior region]contraLHAmpar-0.5
Lateral zonecontraLHA-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areacontraAHA-0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraVMH-0.5
Arcuate nucleuscontraArc1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa2
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]contraSO-0.5
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleuscontraVL-0.5
Ventromedial thalamic nucleuscontraVM-0.5
Medial forebrain bundlecontramfb-2
Lateral amygdaloid nucleuscontraLA-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminaliscontraBST-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleuscontraCe-1
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisioncontraCeL-1
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisioncontraCeM-1
Caudate putamencontraCPu-1
Stellate ganglionipsiAutoSteG-0.5
Superior cervical ganglionipsiAutoSCeG-0.5
Hypoglossal nerveipsi12P2
Bulbocavernosus muscleipsiMuscBCV-10
Ischiocavernosus muscleipsiMuscicav-10
Bulbocavernosus musclecontraMuscBCV-10
Ischiocavernosus musclecontraMuscicav-10

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Locus coeruleusipsiLC-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol-2
Nucleus of the solitary tract medial partipsiSolM-2
Parasolitary nucleusipsiPSol-2
Dorsal motor nucleus of vagusipsi10-2
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR-0.5
A1 noradrenergic cellsipsiA13
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band medial partipsiHDBm2.5
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band ventral partipsiVDBve-0.5
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA3
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO3
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA3
Anterior hypothalamic area at the posterolateral border of the suprachiasmatic nucleusipsiAHApLSCh-2
Anterior hypothalamic area lateral and dorsal to the suprachiasmatic nucleusipsiAHALdSCh3
Dorsal hypothalamic areaipsiDA3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus ventral partipsiDMV-0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH0.5
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus magnocellular divisionipsiPaMag2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus parvocellular divisionipsiPavPo3
Suprachiasmatic nucleusipsiSCh-2
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh-3
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe1
Zona incertaipsiZI2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis principal nucleusipsiBSTpr1
Caudal striatumipsiCPuc-2
Ventral striatumipsiCPuv-2
Subiculum dorsal partipsiSd-0.5
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv-0.5
Medial orbital cortexipsiMO2
Ventral orbital cortexipsiVO2
A1 noradrenergic cellscontraA13
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band dorsal partcontraVDBDo-0.5
Medial septal nucleuscontraMS-0.5
Medial preoptic nucleuscontraMPO-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic areacontraLH1

Key for weights

ValueWeight
-3 unknown
-2 fibers of passage
-1 not clear
-0.5 exists
0 not present
0.5 very light
1 light / sparse
1.5 light / moderate
2 moderate / dense
2.5 moderate / strong
3 strong
4 very strong





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