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Rostral forelimb motor area left

Abbreviation	RFMA
Color
Superior regions	Forelimb motor cortex

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Rostral forelimb motor area	RFMA	Eng
Forelimb motor cortex rostral part	FMCxR	Eng

Subregions	Side
Digit extension motor cortex	left
Digit flexion motor cortex	left
Wrist motor cortex	left
Rostral half of the forelimb motor cortex	left

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Red nucleus	ipsi	R	2
Red nucleus dorsomedial part	ipsi	Rdm	-0.5
Tectum	ipsi	TEC	2
Substantia nigra A9	ipsi	SN	2
Pontine gray	ipsi	PG	2
Cuneate nucleus	ipsi	Cu	2
Inferior olive	ipsi	IO	2
Inferior olive dorsal nucleus	ipsi	IOD	1
Inferior olive dorsal nucleus medial part	ipsi	IODm	1.5
Intermediate portions of the dorsal accessory olive	ipsi	IODi	1.5
Dorsal aspect of the rostral medial accessory olive	ipsi	IOMrD	1
Caudal portion of the beta nucleus	ipsi	IOBecp	0.5
Subdivision C of the caudal medial accessory olive	ipsi	IOCC	0.5
Inferior olive principal nucleus	ipsi	IOPr	3
Inferior olive principal nucleus lateral bend	ipsi	IOPrLb	4
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CL	2
Posterior thalamic nuclear group	ipsi	Po	2
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VL	2
Ventrobasal complex	ipsi	VB	2
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	2
Caudal striatum	ipsi	CPuc	1
Dorsolateral striatum	ipsi	CPudl	2
Rostral striatum	ipsi	CPur	2
Subthalamic nucleus	ipsi	STh	2
Perirhinal cortex	ipsi	A35	2
Forelimb motor cortex	ipsi	FMCx	3
Caudal forelimb motor area	ipsi	CFMA	2
Hindlimb motor cortex caudal part	ipsi	HMCxC	-0.5
Orofacial motor cortex	ipsi	OFCx	3
Caudal whisker motor area	ipsi	CWMA	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	2
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	2
Secondary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S2	2
Commissural systems	ipsi	cos	0.5
Cervical segment 5	ipsi	CS5	0.5
Cervical segment 6	ipsi	CS6	0.5
Cervical segment 7	ipsi	CS7	0.5
Cervical segment 8	ipsi	CS8	0.5
Thoracal segment 1	ipsi	T1	0.5
Caudal striatum	contra	CPuc	1
Dorsolateral striatum	contra	CPudl	1
Forelimb motor cortex	contra	FMCx	1.5
Orofacial motor cortex	contra	OFCx	1.5
Spinal cord layer 5 C2	contra	SCL5C2	-0.5
Spinal cord layer 6 C2	contra	SCL6C2	-0.5
Spinal cord layer 7 C2	contra	SCL7C2	-0.5
Cervical segment 5	contra	CS5	3
Cervical segment 6	contra	CS6	3
Cervical segment 7	contra	CS7	3
Cervical segment 8	contra	CS8	3
Thoracal segment 1	contra	T1	3

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Red nucleus	ipsi	R	2
Tectum	ipsi	TEC	2
Substantia nigra A9	ipsi	SN	2
Pontine gray	ipsi	PG	2
Cuneate nucleus	ipsi	Cu	2
Inferior olive	ipsi	IO	2
Thalamus	ipsi	T	-0.5
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	AV	3
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus dorsal part	ipsi	AVDo	3
Anteroventral thalamic nucleus lateral part	ipsi	AVL	3
Central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CM	3
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CL	3
Paracentral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PC	3
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PF	1
Posterior thalamic nuclear group	ipsi	Po	2
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	MD	3
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VL	3
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	VLC	2
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus dorsal part	ipsi	VLD	3
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus lateral part	ipsi	VLLa	3
Ventrobasal complex	ipsi	VB	2
Ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VPL	3
Lateral part of ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VPLL	3
Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VPM	-0.5
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VM	4
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleus	ipsi	LP	1
Laterodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	LD	0
Posterior group	ipsi	PTG	3
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	2
Subthalamic nucleus	ipsi	STh	2
Parietal rhinal cortex	ipsi	PaRH	-0.5
Frontal association cortex	ipsi	FrA	-0.5
Parietal cortex ventral area	ipsi	ParV	-0.5
Perirhinal cortex	ipsi	A35	2
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGl	3
Caudal forelimb motor area	ipsi	CFMA	2
Neck motor cortex	ipsi	NMCx	-0.5
Whiskers motor cortex	ipsi	WMCx	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	2
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex lateral part	ipsi	AGmL	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	2
Caudal whisker area	ipsi	CS1BF	3
Primary somatosensory cortex dysgranular region	ipsi	S1DZ	1
Primary somatosensory cortex face region	ipsi	S1FR	2
Primary somatosensory cortex lower jaw region	ipsi	S1JL	2
Primary somatosensory cortex upper lip region	ipsi	S1ULp	2
Primary somatosensory cortex forelimb region	ipsi	S1FL	2
Primary somatosensory cortex hindlimb region caudal part	ipsi	S1HLC	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex trunk region	ipsi	S1Tr	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex granular zone	ipsi	S1GZ	2
Secondary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S2	2
Orbitofrontal cortex	ipsi	OrFCx	-0.5
Lateral orbital cortex	ipsi	LO	-0.5
Ventral orbital cortex	ipsi	VO	-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