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Frontal cortex area 3 left


Abbreviation
Fr3
Color       
Superior regionsFrontal association cortex

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Area 6A6 
Frontal cortex 3  
Frontal cortex area 3Fr3Eng
Precentral field 3p3Eng
Area 6 of KriegA6Eng

SubregionsSide
Frontal cortex area 3aleft
Rostral part of frontal cortex area 3left
Frontal cortex area 3 layersleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Central gray mesencephalic part inferior colliculus levelipsiCGMinf-1
Central gray mesencephalic part intercollicular levelipsiCGMint-1
Central gray mesencephalic part superior colliculus levelipsiCGMsc-1
Nucleus of DarkschewitschipsiDk0
Oculomotor nucleusipsi31
Superior colliculusipsiSC3
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA-0.5
Ventrolateral tegmental areaipsiVLTg1
Lateral tegmental nucleusipsiLTN-0.5
Ventral tegmental nucleusipsiVTg1
Edinger Westphal nucleusipsiEW0
Lateral part of the central pontine reticular nucleusipsiNRTPLc2
Medial part of the central part pontine reticular nucleusipsiNRTPMc1
Pontine reticular nucleus oral partipsiPnO1
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partipsiPNC1
Facial nucleusipsi72
Spinal vestibular nucleus rostral partipsiSpVeR-1
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR-0.5
Medial raphe nucleusipsiMeR-0.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPH3
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus central partipsiMDC3
Lateral part of crus cerebriipsicpL-2
Ventromedial part of the crus cerebriipsivmcp-2
Caudate putamenipsiCPu3
Medial striatumipsiCPum2
Central caudal striatumipsiCPucc-0.5
Dorsal striatumipsiCPud2
Dorsolateral striatumipsiCPudl2
Orofacial sensorimotor district of the striatumipsiCPuOFS-0.5
Ventrolateral striatumipsiCPuvl3
Lateral striatumipsiCPul2
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh2
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 2ipsiACCL23
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 3ipsiACCL33
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 1ipsiACCL13
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 5ipsiACCL53
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 6ipsiACCL63
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 4ipsiACCL43
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 2ipsiPCCL23
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 3ipsiPCCL33
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 4ipsiPCCL43
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 5ipsiPCCL53
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 6ipsiPCCL63
Infralimbic cortex anterior partipsiILAn3
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partipsiAID3
Elbow flexion motor cortexipsiEFMCx1
Ankle dorsiflexion motor cortexipsiADFMCx1
Ankle plantar flexion motor cortexipsiAPFMCx0
Hip flexion motor cortexipsiHFMCx0
Orofacial motor cortexipsiOFCx2
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 6ipsiS1BF6-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 5ipsiS1L53
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 6ipsiS1L63
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 4ipsiS1L40
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 1ipsiS1L12
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 2ipsiS1L22
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 3ipsiS1L31
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 1ipsiS1pL12
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 2ipsiS1pL22
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 3ipsiS1pL31
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 4ipsiS1pL40
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 5ipsiS1pL53
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 6ipsiS1pL63
Ventral tegmental area A10contraVTA-0.5
Ventrolateral tegmental areacontraVLTg1
Lateral tegmental nucleuscontraLTN-0.5
Ventral tegmental nucleuscontraVTg0
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partcontraPNC1
Spinal vestibular nucleus rostral partcontraSpVeR0.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleuscontraPH0.5
Dorsolateral striatumcontraCPudl2
Ventrolateral striatumcontraCPuvl2
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 2contraACCL23
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 3contraACCL33
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 1contraACCL13
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 5contraACCL53
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 6contraACCL63
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 4contraACCL43
Infralimbic cortex anterior partcontraILAn3
Frontal association cortexcontraFrA3
Frontal cortex area 1contraFr12
Frontal cortex area 3contraFr33
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partcontraAID3
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 6contraS1BF6-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 5contraS1L53
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 6contraS1L63
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 4contraS1L40
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 1contraS1L12
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 2contraS1L22
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 3contraS1L31
Primary somatosensory cortex forelimb regioncontraS1FL2
Primary somatosensory cortex hindlimb regioncontraS1HL2
Cervical segment 5contraCS53
Cervical segment 6contraCS63
Lumbar segment 2contraL2-0.5
Lumbar segment 3contraL3-0.5
Hypoglossal nerveipsi12P3
Hypoglossal nervecontra12P1

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC-0.5
Substantia nigra compact part medial-third of the rostral thirdipsiSNCmtrt1
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandipsiHDB-0.5
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB3
Substantia innominataipsiSI-0.5
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO-0.5
Magnocellular preoptic nucleusipsiMCPO-0.5
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN-0.5
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiVL2
Afferent-dominant zone of the ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamusipsiADVAVL-0.5
Ventromedial thalamic nucleusipsiVM-0.5
Ventral medial nucleus of the thalamusipsiVMT-0.5
Ansa lenticularisipsial-2
Basal nucleus magnocellular partipsiBmc1.5
Anterior basolateral nucleusipsiBLA4
Basolateral nucleus lateral partipsiBLLP4
Ventral basolateral nucleusipsiBLV-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe1
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL1
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisionipsiCeM1
Medial amygdaloid nucleus dorsal tipipsiMeDT1
ClaustrumipsiCl3
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh3
Dorsolateral entorhinal cortexipsiDLEnt1
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 2ipsiACCL23
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 3ipsiACCL33
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 1ipsiACCL10
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 5ipsiACCL53
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 6ipsiACCL63
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 4ipsiACCL43
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 1ipsiPCCL10
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 2ipsiPCCL23
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 3ipsiPCCL33
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 4ipsiPCCL43
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 5ipsiPCCL53
Posterior cingulate cortex layer 6ipsiPCCL63
Infralimbic cortex anterior part layer 3ipsiILAnL33
Infralimbic cortex anterior part layer 5ipsiILAnL53
Frontal cortex area 1 caudal partipsiFr1c3
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 2ipsiFr1RL23
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 3ipsiFr1RL33
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 4ipsiFr1RL43
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 5ipsiFr1RL53
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 6ipsiFr1RL63
Hindleg region of the frontal cortexipsiFrHL3
Temporal association area 2 dorsal partipsiTe2D-2
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5ipsiAIDL53
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 3ipsiAIDL33
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 3ipsiPRhaL30.5
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 3 to layer 5ipsiPRhaL3L52
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 5 to layer 6ipsiPRhaL5L64
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 6ipsiPRhaL62
Forelimb motor cortexipsiFMCx3
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 2ipsiFMCxrhL23
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 3ipsiFMCxrhL33
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 4ipsiFMCxrhL43
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 5ipsiFMCxrhL53
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 6ipsiFMCxrhL63
Trunk region of the lateral agranular frontal cortexipsiAGlt3
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 5ipsiS1L53
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 6ipsiS1L61
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 1ipsiS1L10
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 2ipsiS1L22
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 3ipsiS1L32
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 1ipsiS1pL10
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 2ipsiS1pL22
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 3ipsiS1pL32
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 5ipsiS1pL53
Primary somatosensory cortex posterior part layer 6ipsiS1pL61
ClaustrumcontraCl1
Subthalamic nucleuscontraSTh0
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 2contraACCL23
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 3contraACCL33
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 1contraACCL10
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 5contraACCL53
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 6contraACCL63
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 4contraACCL43
Infralimbic cortex anterior part layer 3contraILAnL33
Infralimbic cortex anterior part layer 5contraILAnL53
Frontal association cortexcontraFrA3
Frontal cortex area 1 caudal partcontraFr1c1.5
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 2contraFr1RL21.5
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 3contraFr1RL31.5
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 4contraFr1RL41.5
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 5contraFr1RL51.5
Frontal cortex area 1 rostrolateral part layer 6contraFr1RL61.5
Frontal cortex area 3contraFr33
Hindleg region of the frontal cortexcontraFrHL1.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5contraAIDL53
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 3contraAIDL33
Forelimb motor cortexcontraFMCx1.5
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 2contraFMCxrhL21.5
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 3contraFMCxrhL31.5
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 4contraFMCxrhL41.5
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 5contraFMCxrhL51.5
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex layer 6contraFMCxrhL61.5
Trunk region of the lateral agranular frontal cortexcontraAGlt1.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 5contraS1L53
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 6contraS1L61
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 1contraS1L10
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 2contraS1L22
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 3contraS1L32
Head surfaceipsiOrgBShead3
Head surfacecontraOrgBShead1.5

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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