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Accumbens nucleus core left

Abbreviation	AcbC
Color
Superior regions	Accumbens nucleus

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Nucleus accumbens core
Accumbens nucleus core	AcbC	Eng
Accumbens core		Eng

Subregions	Side
Accumbens nucleus core caudal part	left
Accumbens nucleus core caudal part striatal transition region	left
Accumbens nucleus core dorsolateral part	left
Accumbens nucleus core rostral part striatal transition region	left
Accumbens nucleus core ventrolateral part	left
Dorsal core	left
Dorsomedial core	left
Lateral core	left
Medial core	left
Rostral core	left
Ventral core	left
Medium-sized spiny projections neurons of the core of the nucleus accumbens	left
Accumbens nucleus core neuron	left
Accumbens nucleus central core region	left
Accumbens nucleus core caudomedial part	left
Septal pole of the accumbens nucleus core	left
Calretinin-like immunoreactive neuron patches of accumbens core	left

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Mesencephalon	ipsi	MEC	1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray	ipsi	VLPAG	0
Rostromedial tegmental nucleus	ipsi	RMTg	1
Ventral midbrain tegmentum	ipsi	VeMT	0.5
Substantia nigra A9	ipsi	SN	3
Substantia nigra A9 dorsal part	ipsi	SND	-0.5
Substantia nigra compact part	ipsi	SNC	3
Substantia nigra compact part caudal tier	ipsi	SNCC	1
Substantia nigra compact part dorsal tier	ipsi	SNCD	2
Substantia nigra compact part medial tier	ipsi	SNCM	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	3
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsomedial tier	ipsi	SNRDM	2
Substantia nigra reticular part medial tier	ipsi	SNRm	3
Ventral tegmental area A10	ipsi	VTA	3
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal part	ipsi	VTAcp	0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral part	ipsi	VTAL	-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 middle third	ipsi	VTAmit	-0.5
Ventral tegmental area rostral part	ipsi	VTAR	1
Paranigral nucleus	ipsi	PN	1
Retrorubral nucleus	ipsi	RR	-1
Middle part of the retrorubral field	ipsi	RRmi	1
Mesencephalic reticular formation	ipsi	MRF	-1
Parabrachial nucleus ventral part	ipsi	PBV	-0.5
Choroidea innervating part of the superior salivatory nucleus	ipsi	CSSN	-10
Medial preoptic area	ipsi	MPA	1
Lateral hypothalamic area anterior part	ipsi	LHAa	1
Lateral hypothalamic area posterior part	ipsi	LHAp	0
Tuberal region of lateral hypothalamus	ipsi	TuLH	1
Medial zone	ipsi	MHA	0
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group lateral part	ipsi	RRFL	3
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group medial part	ipsi	RRFm	0
Central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CM	-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PF	-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	MD	1
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	IMD	-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus central part	ipsi	MDC	-10
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus lateral part	ipsi	MDL	-10
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	MDr	1
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus middle part	ipsi	MDmi	1
Paratenial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PT	-0.5
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PV	-0.5
Intralaminar nuclei	ipsi	ILN	-0.5
Reticular thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	Rtc	-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus intermediate part	ipsi	Rti	-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	Rtr	-10
Dorsal part of reticular thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	RtrD	-10
Ventral part of reticular thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	RtrVe	-10
Amygdaloid complex	ipsi	AC	4
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	ipsi	BST	-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterior division	ipsi	BSTP	1
Medial globus pallidus	ipsi	MGP	1
Ventral pallidum	ipsi	VP	4
Ventral pallidum dorsal part	ipsi	VPd	3
Ventral pallidum dorsolateral part	ipsi	VPdl	2
Ventral pallidum dorsomedial part	ipsi	VPdm	2
Ventral pallidum lateral part	ipsi	VPlp	2
Ventral pallidum subcommissural part	ipsi	VPsc	3
Ventral pallidum ventromedial part	ipsi	VPvm	1
Ventral pallidum central part	ipsi	VPce	3
Accumbens nucleus core	ipsi	AcbC	0.5
Lateral core	ipsi	AcbCl	-0.5
Medial core	ipsi	AcbCm	0.5
Rostral pole of the accumbens nucleus	ipsi	AcbRP	0.5
Accumbens nucleus shell	ipsi	AcbSh	2
Rostral accumbens shell	ipsi	AcbShr	0.5
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	-0.5
Ventrolateral striatum	ipsi	CPuvl	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGl	1
Medial prefrontal cortex	ipsi	mPFC	1
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	1
Lateral orbital cortex	ipsi	LO	1
Ventral orbital cortex	ipsi	VO	1
Ventral tegmental area A10 middle third	contra	VTAmit	-0.5
Choroidea innervating part of the superior salivatory nucleus	contra	CSSN	-10

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Mesencephalon	ipsi	MEC	0.5
Periaqueductal gray	ipsi	PAG	1
Peduncularpontine nucleus caudal levels	ipsi	PPNCa	1
Posterodorsal tegmental nucleus	ipsi	PDTg	-0.5
Substantia nigra A9	ipsi	SN	3
Substantia nigra compact part	ipsi	SNC	3
Substantia nigra compact part medial tier	ipsi	SNCM	2
Substantia nigra medial part	ipsi	SNM	2.5
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10	ipsi	VTA	3
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal part	ipsi	VTAcp	2
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral part of the caudal part	ipsi	VTALcp	1
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudomedial part	ipsi	VTACM	3
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral nuclei	ipsi	VTALN	-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral part	ipsi	VTAL	2
Interfascicular nucleus	ipsi	IF	3
Ventral tegmental area A10 ventral part of middle part	ipsi	VTAvmi	3
Ventral tegmental area rostral part	ipsi	VTAR	1
Ventral tegmental area rostral ventromedial part	ipsi	VTARVM	3
Ventral tegmental tail	ipsi	VTTa	0.5
Parabrachial pigmented nucleus	ipsi	PBP	4
Paranigral nucleus	ipsi	PN	3
Caudal linear nucleus of the raphe	ipsi	CLi	1
Retrorubral nucleus	ipsi	RR	2
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus	ipsi	LDTg	3
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus	ipsi	PPTg	1
Locus coeruleus	ipsi	LC	1
Pericoerulear region	ipsi	PCR	-0.5
Prelocus coeruleus nucleus	ipsi	PLC	0.5
Lateral parabrachial nucleus	ipsi	LPB	-0.5
Parabrachial nucleus external divison lateral part	ipsi	PBeDL	0.5
Medullary reticular nucleus	ipsi	MdD	-10
Area postrema	ipsi	AP	-10
Nucleus of the solitary tract	ipsi	Sol	-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus	ipsi	DR	3
Rostral linear nucleus of the raphe	ipsi	RLi	2
Median raphe nucleus	ipsi	MnR	-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleus	ipsi	RMg	1
A1 noradrenalin cells C1 adrenaline cells	ipsi	A1/C1	-10
A2 noradrenergic cells	ipsi	A2	-0.5
Substantia innominata	ipsi	SI	1
Lateral preoptic area	ipsi	LPO	1
Medial preoptic area	ipsi	MPA	0
Medial preoptic area dorsolateral part	ipsi	MPADL	1
Hypothalamus	ipsi	HYPO	1
Lateral hypothalamic area	ipsi	LH	2
Lateral hypothalamic area medial part	ipsi	LHAm	2
Lateral hypothalamic area perifornical part	ipsi	PFx	1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]	ipsi	DM	1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial part	ipsi	DMDM	1
Posterior hypothalamic area	ipsi	PHA	1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus	ipsi	VMH	3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	ipsi	Pa	-0.5
Paraventricular nucleus ventral part	ipsi	PaVe	-0.5
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group	ipsi	RRF	-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CM	3
Central medial thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	CMca	-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	CMr	1
Central medial thalamic nucleus dorsal part	ipsi	CMd	-2
Centre median nucleus	ipsi	CeMe	2
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CL	3
Paracentral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PC	2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PF	2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus medial part	ipsi	PFM	2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus ventral part	ipsi	PFV	3
Retroparafascicular nucleus	ipsi	RPF	1
Rhomboid thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Rh	3
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	IMD	3
Midline group of the dorsal thalamus	ipsi	MTN	3
Paratenial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PT	2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PV	1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus anterior part	ipsi	PVA	3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	PVca	2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus lateral part	ipsi	PVL	-0.5
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus posterior part	ipsi	PVP	3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus ventral part	ipsi	PVV	-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Re	2
Intralaminar nuclei	ipsi	ILN	-0.5
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	SPF	2
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	SPFr	0
Tuber cinereum area	ipsi	TC	1
Basal nucleus	ipsi	Bnc	3
Accessory basal nucleus	ipsi	AB	2
Accessory basal nucleus magnocellular division	ipsi	ABm	-1
Accessory basal nucleus midrostrocaudal part	ipsi	ABmrcp	-0.5
Accessory basal nucleus parvicellular division	ipsi	ABp	0.5
Superficial accessory basal nucleus	ipsi	ABs	0
Basal nucleus magnocellular part	ipsi	Bmc	2
Basal nucleus magnocellular part rostrocaudal extent	ipsi	Bmcrce	3
Basal nucleus parvicellular part	ipsi	Bpc	-0.5
Basal nucleus parvicellular part rostrocaudal extent	ipsi	Bpcrc	3
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	BL	3
Anterior basolateral nucleus	ipsi	BLA	2
Posterior basolateral nucleus	ipsi	BLP	2
Posterior basolateral nucleus parvicellular subdivision caudal part	ipsi	BLPpccp	-0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	BM	2
Basomedial nucleus magnocellular division rostral part	ipsi	ABmcrp	-0.5
Lateral amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	LA	2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	ipsi	BST	-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral tip	ipsi	BNSTvt	1
Amygdalopiriform transition area	ipsi	APir	3
Posterolateral cortical nucleus	ipsi	PLCo	2
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract layer 3	ipsi	LOTL3	2
Amygdalohippocampal area	ipsi	AHi	3
Anterior part of the claustrum	ipsi	ACl	1
Medial globus pallidus	ipsi	MGP	-0.5
Medial part of rostral globus pallidus	ipsi	GPrm	-0.5
Ventral pallidum	ipsi	VP	1
Ventral pallidum dorsolateral part	ipsi	VPdl	1
Ventral pallidum lateral part	ipsi	VPlp	3
Ventromedial subcommissural ventral pallidum	ipsi	VPscvm	-0.5
Dorsolateral subcommissural ventral pallidum	ipsi	VPscdL	-0.5
Ventral pallidum ventromedial part	ipsi	VPvm	1
Accumbens nucleus core	ipsi	AcbC	0.5
Dorsal core	ipsi	AcbCd	1
Rostral core	ipsi	AcbCr	-0.5
Ventral core	ipsi	AcbCv	1
Accumbens nucleus shell	ipsi	AcbSh	2
Subthalamic nucleus	ipsi	STh	2
Subthalamic nucleus medial one-third	ipsi	SThMot	2
Hippocampus	ipsi	HIPP	3
Field CA1 of hippocampus	ipsi	CA1	2
Subiculum	ipsi	S	3
Subiculum dorsal part	ipsi	Sd	-0.5
Subiculum ventral part	ipsi	Sv	4
Pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus	ipsi	Py	2
Entorhinal cortex	ipsi	Ent	3
Lateral entorhinal cortex	ipsi	LEnt	-0.5
Medial entorhinal cortex	ipsi	MEnt	-0.5
Posterior piriform cortex	ipsi	PPIRC	2
Anterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	ACC	1
Cingulate cortex area 1 caudal part	ipsi	Cg1c	1
Cingulate cortex area 2 caudal part	ipsi	Cg2c	1
Prelimbic cortex	ipsi	PrL	3
Medial precentral prelimbic cortex	ipsi	MPPrL	0
Prelimbic cortex anterior part	ipsi	PrLa	3
Prelimbic cortex caudal part	ipsi	PrLc	3
Prelimbic cortex dorsal part	ipsi	PrLd	3
Prelimbic cortex layer 2	ipsi	PrLL2	3
Prelimbic cortex layer 3	ipsi	PrLL3	-0.5
Prelimbic cortex layer 5	ipsi	PrLL5	3
Prelimbic cortex layer 6	ipsi	PrLL6	-0.5
Prelimbic cortex ventral part	ipsi	PrLv	3
Prelimbic cortex posterior part	ipsi	PrLP	1
Infralimbic cortex	ipsi	IL	3
Infralimbic cortex layer 2	ipsi	ILL2	-0.5
Infralimbic cortex layer 5	ipsi	ILL5	-0.5
Infralimbic cortex layer 6	ipsi	ILL6	-0.5
Posterior infralimbic cortex	ipsi	ILP	2
Infralimbic cortex anterior part	ipsi	ILAn	2.5
Ventral limbic area	ipsi	VLA	0.5
Frontal cortex area 2	ipsi	Fr2	1
Insular cortex	ipsi	ICX	4
Agranular insular cortex	ipsi	AI	4
Agranular insular cortex anterior part	ipsi	AIA	3
Dorsal area of the anterior agranular insular cortex	ipsi	DAiA	-0.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part	ipsi	AID	2
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5	ipsi	AIDL5	3
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 6	ipsi	AIDL6	2.5
Agranular insular cortex rostral part	ipsi	RAIC	3
Agranular insular cortex posterior part	ipsi	AIP	3
Agranular insular cortex ventral part	ipsi	AIV	-0.5
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 5	ipsi	AIVL5	3
Agranular insular cortex middle part	ipsi	AImi	1.5
Dysgranular insular cortex	ipsi	DI	2
Granular insular cortex	ipsi	GI	1
Dorsal part of the granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to the rostralmost part of S2	ipsi	dGlrvs2	1
Perirhinal cortex	ipsi	A35	3
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 3 to layer 5	ipsi	PRhaL3L5	2
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 5 to layer 6	ipsi	PRhaL5L6	4
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 6	ipsi	PRhaL6	1
Dorsal peduncular cortex	ipsi	DP	0.5
Prefrontal cortex	ipsi	PFC	1
Prefrontal cortex deep layers	ipsi	PFCLd	0.5
Lateral prefrontal cortex	ipsi	lPFC	-0.5
Primary motor cortex genital area	ipsi	M1ge	1
Medial prefrontal cortex	ipsi	mPFC	3
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 5	ipsi	mPFCL5	2
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 3	ipsi	mPFCL3	2
Medial prefrontal cortex superficial layers	ipsi	mPFCsL	3
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 2	ipsi	mPFCL2	2
Medial prefrontal cortex ventral part	ipsi	mPFCV	1
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	1
Orbital cortex	ipsi	OrC	3
Dorsolateral orbital cortex	ipsi	DLO	0
Lateral orbital cortex	ipsi	LO	1
Medial orbital cortex	ipsi	MO	-0.5
Ventral orbital cortex	ipsi	VO	3
Ventrolateral orbital area	ipsi	VLO	3
Ventromedial orbital cortex	ipsi	OrCvm	-0.5
Orbitomedial prefrontal cortex	ipsi	OMPFC	3
Lateral orbitofrontal cortex	ipsi	LOFC	1
Lateral septal nucleus	ipsi	LS	3
Lateral septal nucleus dorsal part	ipsi	LSD	3
Lateral septal nucleus intermediate part	ipsi	LSI	2
Ventral tegmental area A10	contra	VTA	1
Locus coeruleus	contra	LC	1
Medullary reticular nucleus	contra	MdD	-10
Area postrema	contra	AP	-10
Nucleus of the solitary tract	contra	Sol	-10
Dorsal raphe nucleus	contra	DR	2
A1 noradrenalin cells C1 adrenaline cells	contra	A1/C1	-10
Lateral hypothalamic area	contra	LH	1
Superficial accessory basal nucleus	contra	ABs	0
Basal nucleus magnocellular part rostrocaudal extent	contra	Bmcrce	2
Basal nucleus parvicellular part rostrocaudal extent	contra	Bpcrc	2
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract layer 3	contra	LOTL3	2
Entorhinal cortex	contra	Ent	1.5
Anterior cingulate cortex	contra	ACC	1
Prelimbic cortex	contra	PrL	1
Prelimbic cortex layer 2	contra	PrLL2	-0.5
Infralimbic cortex	contra	IL	1.5
Agranular insular cortex	contra	AI	1.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5	contra	AIDL5	1
Agranular insular cortex rostral part	contra	RAIC	3
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 5	contra	AIVL5	0
Dorsal part of the granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to the rostralmost part of S2	contra	dGlrvs2	0
Medial prefrontal cortex	contra	mPFC	1
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 5	contra	mPFCL5	1
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 3	contra	mPFCL3	-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortex superficial layers	contra	mPFCsL	2.5
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 2	contra	mPFCL2	0.5
Medial prefrontal cortex ventral part	contra	mPFCV	0.5
Orbital cortex	contra	OrC	1.5
Trachea side	ipsi	OrgsTras	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