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Ventral midbrain tegmentum left


Abbreviation
VeMT
Color       
Superior regionsTegmental area

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Ventral midbrain Eng
Ventral midbrain tegmentumVeMTEng
Ventral mesencephalon Eng
Ventral mesencephalic tegmentumVMTeEng

SubregionsSide
Dopaminergic nuclear complexleft
Peripeduncular arealeft
Retrorubral nucleusleft
Adjacent parts of the ventral tegmental arealeft
Transitional region between ventral tegmental area and the medial substantia nigra pars compactaleft
Magnocellular tegmental fieldleft
Ventral half of tegmentumleft
Substantia nigra ventral tegmental area transition regionleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG1
Dorsal periaqueductal grayipsiDPAG1
Lateral periaqueductal grayipsiLPAG1
Periaqueductal gray caudal partipsiPAGc3
Periaqueductal gray rostrocaudal extentipsiPAGroe1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG4
Midline ventral tegmental nucleusipsiMVTA3
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN-0.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC-0.5
Deep mesencephalic nucleusipsiDpMe1
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN1
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi2
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR4
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR1
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg2
Ventral lateral medulla oblongataipsiMVL1
Ventral medulla oblongataipsiVMeO1
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandipsiHDB1
Periventricular zoneipsiPVZ-0.5
Posterior thalamic nuclear groupipsiPo-0.5
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN-0.5
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiVL-0.5
Ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleusipsiVPL-0.5
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN-0.5
Medial forebrain bundleipsimfb-0.5
Accumbens nucleusipsiAc0.5
Caudate putamenipsiCPu3
Dentate gyrusipsiDG-0.5
Frontal association cortexipsiFrA1
Perirhinal cortexipsiA350
Locus coeruleuscontraLC-0.5
Accumbens nucleuscontraAc0
Caudate putamencontraCPu0
Dorsal striatumcontraCPud-0.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG-0.5
Dorsal tegmental nucleusipsiDTg-0.5
Deep cerebellar nucleiipsiDNC-0.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC-0.5
Reticular systemipsiRF-0.5
Parabrachial nucleusipsiPB3
Trigeminal nucleusipsi5-0.5
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleusipsiPr5-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol1
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR-0.5
Dorsal column nucleiipsiDCN-0.5
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial divisionipsiBSTM0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis far ventral partipsiBNSTfv1
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe3
Sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEA3
Medial extended amygdalaipsiMEXA0
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe0
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC0.5
Rostral pole of the accumbens nucleusipsiAcbRP0.5
Lateral prefrontal cortexipsilPFC3
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC1.5
Spinal cordipsiMES-0.5
Locus coeruleuscontraLC3
Parabrachial nucleuscontraPB2

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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