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Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal part left


Abbreviation
VTAcp
Color       
Superior regionsVentral tegmental area A10

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal partVTAcp 
Ventral tegmental area caudal  
Ventral tegmental area caudal pole Eng
Caudal ventral tegmental areacVTAEng

SubregionsSide
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral part of the caudal partleft
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal two-thirdsleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC2.5
Interfascicular nucleusipsiIF1
Parabrachial pigmented nucleusipsiPBP2.5
Paranigral nucleusipsiPN2.5
Caudal linear nucleus of the rapheipsiCLi2.5
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR2.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC1
Suprachiasmatic nucleusipsiSCh2
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC2
Caudate putamenipsiCPu1
Caudal striatumipsiCPuc-0.5
Medial portion of the middle-third of the caudate putamenipsiCPuMitM-0.5
Ventral portion of the middle-third of the caudate putamenipsiCPuMitV-0.5
Lateral striatumipsiCPul-0.5
HippocampusipsiHIPP1
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC1.5
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC2
Visual regionsipsiVR3
Anterior medial frontal cortexipsiAMFC2.5
Substantia nigra compact partcontraSNC2.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal partcontraVTAcp1
Parabrachial pigmented nucleuscontraPBP2.5
Paranigral nucleuscontraPN2.5
Retrorubral nucleuscontraRR2.5
Caudate putamencontraCPu0.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Superior colliculusipsiSC1
Peduncularpontine nucleus caudal levelsipsiPPNCa2
Rostromedial tegmental nucleusipsiRMTg2
Ventral tegmental area rostral dorsomedial partipsiVTARdm1
Ventral tegmental tailipsiVTTa2
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal partipsiMdDd3
Dorsal raphe nucleus rostral partipsiDRr2.5
Medial raphe nucleusipsiMeR0.5
Superior central raphe nucleus compact subnucleusipsiSCc1
Paramedial raphe nucleusipsiRApam0.5
Dorsal endopiriform nucleusipsiDEn1
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS1
Navicular nucleus of the basal forebrainipsiNv0.5
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO3
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA3
Dorsal tenia tectaipsiDTT2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy-0.5
Lateral zoneipsiLHA-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH3
Lateral hypothalamic area ventromedial partipsiLHvm0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM2
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA2
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa1
Premammillary nucleusipsiPMAN1
Supramammillar nucleusipsiSuM1
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb2
Medial habenular nucleusipsiMHb0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis intraamygdaloid divisionipsiBSTIA0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis dorsal nucleusipsiBSTd1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral partipsiBNSTv2
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe0.5
Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissureipsiIPAC0.5
Sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEA2
Anterior amygdaloid areaipsiAA1
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe0.5
ClaustrumipsiCl0.5
Ventral pallidumipsiVP3
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC0.5
Lateral accumbens shellipsiAcbShl1
Rostral accumbens shellipsiAcbShr0.5
Rostral accumbens shell dorsomedial partipsiAcbShrDM1
Rostral accumbens shell ventromedial partipsiAcbShrVM2
Caudal accumbens nucleus shell dorsomedial partipsiAcbShCDM1
Caudal accumbens nucleus shell ventromedial partipsiAcbShCVM2
Cingulate cortex area 1ipsiCg10.5
Cingulate cortex area 2ipsiCg20.5
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL2
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL1
Dorsal peduncular cortexipsiDP2
Orbitomedial prefrontal cortexipsiOMPFC1
Dorsolateral orbitofrontal cortexipsiDLOFC0.5
Lateral orbitofrontal cortexipsiLOFC0.5
Ventral orbitofrontal cortexipsiVOFC0.5
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS2
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal partcontraVTAcp1
Ventral tegmental area rostral dorsomedial partcontraVTARdm1

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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