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Ventro anterior thalamic nucleus left

Abbreviation	VA
Color
Superior regions	Ventral anterior-lateral complex of the thalamus

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Ventro anterior thalamic nucleus	VA	Eng
Ventral anterior nucleus		Eng
Ventroanterior thalamus	VeAnTH	Eng

Subregions	Side
Ventro anterior thalamic nucleus medial part	left
Caudomedial part of the ventral anterior thalamic nucleus	left

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Middle cerebellar peduncle	ipsi	mcp	-2
Superior cerebellar peduncle	ipsi	sucep	-2
Endopiriform system	ipsi	EnN	-0.5
Lateral preoptic area	ipsi	LPO	-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area	ipsi	LH	-0.5
Reticular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Rt	1
Zona incerta	ipsi	ZI	-0.5
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	-0.5
Dorsomedial striatum	ipsi	CPudm	1
Dorsocentral striatum	ipsi	DCS	2
Mediodorsal striatum	ipsi	CPuMD	-0.5
Mediolateral striatum	ipsi	CPuml	1
Rostral striatum	ipsi	CPur	2
Rostrocaudal striatum	ipsi	CPurc	1
Rostrocaudal region of the caudate putamen	ipsi	RCCPu	-0.5
Ventromedial striatum	ipsi	CPuvm	0
Subthalamic nucleus	ipsi	STh	1
Cerebral cortex	ipsi	CEC	-0.5
Subiculum	ipsi	S	-0.5
Postsubiculum	ipsi	Post	-0.5
Retrosplenial granular cortex	ipsi	RSGra	-0.5
Anterior cingulate cortex caudal part layer 1	ipsi	ACCcL1	-0.5
Prelimbic cortex	ipsi	PrL	3
Parietal cortex posterior area	ipsi	ParP	2
Parietal cortex posterior area caudal part of the lateral portion	ipsi	ParPcL	-0.5
Temporal association cortex 1	ipsi	TeA	0
Somatomotoric regions	ipsi	SMR	2
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGl	2
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 1	ipsi	AGlL1	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 2	ipsi	AGlL2	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 3	ipsi	AGlL3	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 4	ipsi	AGlL4	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 5	ipsi	AGlL5	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 6	ipsi	AGlL6	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 1	ipsi	AGmL1	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 2	ipsi	AGmL2	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 2 parvalbumin neurons	ipsi	AGmL2p	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 3	ipsi	AGmL3	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex lower part of layer 3	ipsi	AGmLL3	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex lower part of layer 3 parvalbumin neurons	ipsi	AGmLL3p	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 4	ipsi	AGmL4	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 5	ipsi	AGmL5	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 5 b	ipsi	AGmL5b	3
Corticopontine neurons	ipsi	CPn	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex layer 5 b parvalbumin neurons	ipsi	AGmL5bp	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	3
Primary somatosensory cortex forelimb region	ipsi	S1FL	2
Primary somatosensory cortex hindlimb region	ipsi	S1HL	2
Primary somatosensory cortex trunk region	ipsi	S1Tr	2

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Peduncularpontine nucleus caudal levels	ipsi	PPNCa	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part caudal tier	ipsi	SNRca	1
Substantia nigra reticular part rostral tier	ipsi	SNRro	1
Lateral interposed cerebellar nucleus	ipsi	ICNL	2
Lateral cerebellar nucleus	ipsi	CERL	3
Lateral reticular nucleus	ipsi	LRt	-0.5
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal part	ipsi	MdDd	1
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus	ipsi	Pr5	2
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part	ipsi	Sp5C	0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolar part	ipsi	Sp5I	1.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus oral part	ipsi	Sp5O	0.5
Cuneate nucleus	ipsi	Cu	1.5
Gracile	ipsi	Gra	1.5
Nucleus of Bischoff	ipsi	NBi	0.5
Globus pallidus	ipsi	GP	-0.5
Medial globus pallidus	ipsi	MGP	-0.5
Medial globus pallidus caudal part	ipsi	MGPc	2
Medial globus pallidus central part	ipsi	MGPce	2
Medial globus pallidus rostral part	ipsi	MGPr	2
Subiculum	ipsi	S	-0.5
Subiculum posterior part	ipsi	Supo	-0.5
Retrosplenial cortex	ipsi	RSCx	-0.5
Anterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	ACC	1
Posterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	PCC	1
Parietal cortex posterior area	ipsi	ParP	-0.5
Parietal cortex posterior area lateral portion	ipsi	ParPL	-0.5
Parietal cortex posterior area caudomedial part of the lateral portion	ipsi	ParPcmL	1
Parietal cortex posterior area medial portion	ipsi	mPPC	-0.5
Dorsal part of the granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to the rostralmost part of S2	ipsi	dGlrvs2	0
Prefrontal cortex	ipsi	PFC	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGl	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	3
Primary somatosensory cortex hindlimb region	ipsi	S1HL	1
Rostral forelimb area of Smith	ipsi	RFA	-0.5
Primary visual cortex	ipsi	V1	-0.5
Spinal cord	ipsi	MES	1
Interposed cerebellar nuclei	contra	ICN	2
Lateral cerebellar nucleus	contra	CERL	3
Lateral reticular nucleus	contra	LRt	-0.5
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal part	contra	MdDd	1
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus	contra	Pr5	4
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part	contra	Sp5C	0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolar part	contra	Sp5I	3
Spinal trigeminal nucleus oral part	contra	Sp5O	1
Cuneate nucleus	contra	Cu	3
Gracile	contra	Gra	3
Nucleus of Bischoff	contra	NBi	0.5
Dorsal part of the granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to the rostralmost part of S2	contra	dGlrvs2	0
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	contra	AGl	0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	contra	AGm	0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 5	contra	S1L5	0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 6	contra	S1L6	0.5
Spinal cord	contra	MES	2

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