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Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus left

Abbreviation	VAL
Color
Superior regions	Ventral group of the dorsal thalamus

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
	VA-VL
Ventral anterior and ventral lateral thalamic nuclei overlapp	VA/VL
Ventro anterior lateral region overlapp of the thalamus
Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus	VAL	Eng
Ventral anterior-ventral lateral thalamic complex	VA-VL
Ventroanterior thalamic nucleus
Ventral anterior thalamic nucleus
Ventral anterior-lateral complex		Eng
Ventral anterior-ventral lateral thalamic nuclei	VAL	Eng

Subregions	Side
Caudodorsal part of ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus	left
Dorsal part of the ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus	left
Dorsomedial part of ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus	left
Rostroventral part of ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus	left
Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus dorsolateral part	left
Ventro anterior thalamic nucleus	left
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	left
Afferent-dominant zone of the ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus	left
Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus caudolateral part	left
Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus rostromedial part	left
Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus rostral part	left

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Reticular thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	Rtc	-10
Globus pallidus	ipsi	GP	0
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	0.5
Dorsal striatum	ipsi	CPud	1.5
Cerebral cortex	ipsi	CEC	0.5
Cingulate cortex	ipsi	Cg	3
Frontal association cortex	ipsi	FrA	2.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 1a	ipsi	AGlL1a	3
Rostral part of lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGlr	0
Medial prefrontal cortex	ipsi	mPFC	0
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex rostral part	ipsi	rAGm	2
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	0
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field	ipsi	S1BF	3
Caudal whisker area	ipsi	CS1BF	1.5
Primary somatosensory cortex forelimb region	ipsi	S1FL	3
Primary somatosensory cortex hindlimb region	ipsi	S1HL	3
Primary somatosensory cortex rostral part	ipsi	S1r	0
Infragranular layer of visual cortex	ipsi	IGVR	0
Supragranular layer of visual cortex	ipsi	SGVR	0
Cervical segment 7	ipsi	CS7	-1
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field	contra	S1BF	0
Primary somatosensory cortex forelimb region	contra	S1FL	0
Cervical segment 7	contra	CS7	-1

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Substantia nigra compact part	ipsi	SNC	-0.5
Substantia nigra compact part ventral tier dopaminergic neuron population	ipsi	SNCVdopa	0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	3
Dorsal tegmental nucleus	ipsi	DTg	-0.5
Deep cerebellar nuclei	ipsi	DNC	2
Medial cerebellar nucleus	ipsi	Med	1
Lateral hypothalamic area	ipsi	LH	2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]	ipsi	DM	1.5
Intralaminar nuclei of the dorsal thalamus	ipsi	ILM	1
Central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CM	1
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CL	1
Paracentral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PC	1
Intralaminar nuclei	ipsi	ILN	1.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	Me	1
Globus pallidus	ipsi	GP	1
Lateral globus pallidus	ipsi	LGP	1.5
Medial globus pallidus	ipsi	MGP	2
Medial globus pallidus caudal part	ipsi	MGPc	2
Medial globus pallidus caudal one-third	ipsi	MGPcot	3
Medial globus pallidus central part	ipsi	MGPce	2
Medial globus pallidus rostral part	ipsi	MGPr	0
Anterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	ACC	1
Prelimbic cortex	ipsi	PrL	0
Infralimbic cortex	ipsi	IL	0
Rostral part of lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGlr	0
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex rostral part	ipsi	rAGm	2
Primary somatosensory cortex rostral part	ipsi	S1r	0
Spinal cord layer 1 C1	ipsi	SCL1C1	-0.5
Spinal cord layer 1 C2	ipsi	SCL1C2	-0.5
Interposed cerebellar nuclei	contra	ICN	-0.5
Lateral cerebellar nucleus	contra	CERL	-0.5
Medial cerebellar nucleus	contra	Med	-0.5
Internal basilar nucleus C1	contra	IBC1	-0.5
Spinal cord layer 1 C1	contra	SCL1C1	-0.5
Intermediate zone C1	contra	izVHC1	-0.5
Internal basilar nucleus C2	contra	IBC2	-0.5
Spinal cord layer 1 C2	contra	SCL1C2	-0.5
Intermediate zone C2	contra	izVHC2	-0.5

Key for weights

Value	Weight
-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