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Posterior cingulate cortex left


Abbreviation
PCC
Color       
Superior regionsCingulate cortex

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Posterior cingulate cortexPCC 
Posterior limbic cortex  
Posterior cingulate area Eng

SubregionsSide
Posterior cingulate cortex anterior partleft
Posterior cingulate cortex dorsal partleft
Posterior cingulate cortex posterior partleft
Posterior cingulate cortex layersleft
Posterior cingulate cortex granular partleft
Posterior cingulate cortex agranular partleft
Posterior half of the cingulate cortexleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Superior colliculusipsiSC1
Substantia nigra compact part medial tieripsiSNCM-1
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF1
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB1
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS1
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO1
ThalamusipsiT2
Anterodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiAD3
Anteromedial thalamic nucleusipsiAM3
Anteroventral thalamic nucleusipsiAV3
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus dorsal partipsiAVDo1
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiAVRo1.5
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus ventral partipsiAVv-0.5
Interoanteromedial thalamic nucleusipsiIAM3
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM1
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL2
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV0
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe1
Ventro anterior thalamic nucleusipsiVA1
Ventromedial thalamic nucleusipsiVM1
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleusipsiLP3
Laterodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiLD3
Reticular thalamic nucleusipsiRt3
Reticular thalamic nucleus dorsal partipsiRtD-0.5
Zona incertaipsiZI2
Nucleus of the optic tractipsiOT3
Accessory optic tractipsiaopt-2
Internal capsuleipsiic-10
Ventromedial part of the medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tractipsiMTvm-0.5
ClaustrumipsiCl3
Caudate putamenipsiCPu3
HippocampusipsiHIPP1
Area 29ipsiA291
Area 30ipsiA301
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 2ipsiCg21
Middle cingulate cortexipsiMCC-0.5
Posterior cingulate cortexipsiPCC-0.5
Frontal cortex area 2ipsiFr21
Temporal association cortex 1ipsiTeA1
Dysgranular insular cortexipsiDI0
Granular insular cortexipsiGI0
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGl0
Forelimb motor cortexipsiFMCx0
Hindlimb motor cortexipsiHMCx0
Orofacial motor cortexipsiOFCx0
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 5ipsimPFCL53
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 6ipsimPFCL63
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 3ipsimPFCL33
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 4ipsimPFCL43
Secondary visual cortexipsiV22
Lateral geniculate complexipsiLG3
Medial geniculate nucleusipsiMG0
Olfactory tubercleipsiTuO1
Stria terminalisipsist-2
Anteromedial thalamic nucleuscontraAM1
Anteroventral thalamic nucleuscontraAV3
Zona incertacontraZI0
Area 29contraA291
Area 30contraA301
Anterior cingulate cortexcontraACC-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 2contraCg21
Middle cingulate cortexcontraMCC-0.5
Posterior cingulate cortexcontraPCC-0.5
Frontal cortex area 2contraFr21
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 5contramPFCL51.5
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 6contramPFCL61.5
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 3contramPFCL31.5
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 4contramPFCL41.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Superior colliculusipsiSC0
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN-0.5
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC2
Substantia nigra compact part medial tieripsiSNCM3
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA0
Ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentumipsiVMTg0
A4 noradrenaline cellsipsiA40.5
Locus coeruleus dorsal partipsiLCD3
Locus coeruleus ventromedial partipsiVMLC0
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus ventral partipsiGiV1
Lateral reticular nucleusipsiLRt1
Subcoeruleus nucleusipsiSubC0
Raphe obscurus nucleusipsiROb1
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiPGi1
Medulla oblongata rostroventralipsiMeObRV1
Ventralmost border of the medulla oblongataipsiVmMeOb-0.5
Dorsal endopiriform nucleusipsiDEn-0.5
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB-0.5
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandipsiHDB-0.5
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal bandipsiVDB-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA-0.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleus caudal partipsiPHCa0
Posterior hypothalamic nucleus rostral partipsiPHRo0
Medial mammillary nucleus lateral partipsiML-0.5
ThalamusipsiT-0.5
Anterodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiAD-0.5
Anteromedial thalamic nucleusipsiAM-0.5
Anteromedial thalamic nucleus ventral partipsiAMV-0.5
Anteroventral thalamic nucleusipsiAV-0.5
Lateral group of the dorsal thalamusipsiLAT-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe-0.5
Ventral posterior thalamic complexipsiVPT-0.5
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleusipsiLP-0.5
Laterodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiLD1
Nucleus of the optic tractipsiOT0
Pretectal regionipsiPRT-0.5
Anterior pretectal nucleusipsiAPT-0.5
Superior fasciculus of the accessory optic tractipsisfaopt0
Medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tractipsiMT1
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC0
ClaustrumipsiCl-0.5
Anterior striatumipsiAStri-0.5
HippocampusipsiHIPP-0.5
Indusium griseumipsiIG-0.5
PresubiculumipsiPrS-1
Entorhinal cortexipsiEnt-0.5
Cingulate cortexipsiCg-0.5
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC-0.5
Posterior cingulate cortexipsiPCC-0.5
Frontal association cortexipsiFrA-0.5
Temporal cortexipsiTE-0.5
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC-0.5
Motoric regionsipsiM-0.5
Primary visual cortexipsiV1-0.5
Secondary visual cortexipsiV2-0.5
Lateral geniculate complexipsiLG-0.5
Medial geniculate nucleusipsiMG-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus ventral partcontraGiV1
Lateral reticular nucleuscontraLRt1
Raphe obscurus nucleuscontraROb1
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraPGi1
Medulla oblongata rostroventralcontraMeObRV1
Ventralmost border of the medulla oblongatacontraVmMeOb-0.5
Cingulate cortexcontraCg-0.5
Anterior cingulate cortexcontraACC-0.5
Cingulate cortex layer 3contraCgL31
Cingulate cortex layer 4contraCgL4-0.5
Cingulate cortex layer 5contraCgL5-0.5
Posterior cingulate cortexcontraPCC-0.5

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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