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Orofacial motor cortex left

Abbreviation	OFCx
Color
Superior regions	Rostrolateral part of the lateral agranular prefrontal cortex

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Rostrolateral part of lateral agranular cortex
Orofacial motor cortex	OFCx
Jaw lips and tongue motor area		Eng
Motor face area
Orofacial cortex	OfM	Eng
Rostroventral part of lateral agranular prefrontal cortex		Eng

Subregions	Side
Jaw movement motor cortex	left
Lower lip up motor cortex	left
Nose twitch motor cortex	left
Pinna motor cortex	left
Tongue movement cortex	left
Upper lip motor cortex	left
Whiskers motor cortex	left

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Superior colliculus intermediate and deep layers	ipsi	SCidLa	-0.5
Pontine nuclei	ipsi	Pn	-0.5
Caudal half of the pontine nuclei	ipsi	BPNch	-0.5
Pontine nuclei rostral part	ipsi	BPNr	3
Most rostral level of the pontine nuclei	ipsi	MroLBPNr	0
Midpontine level in the pontine nuclei ventromedial part	ipsi	MpVeMePn	-0.5
Pontine nucleus medial part	ipsi	BPNm	-0.5
Medial portion of the ventral pontine nucleus	ipsi	MpBPNv	-0.5
Pontine nucleus ventral part lateral component	ipsi	BPNvL	-0.5
Ventral region of the ventral part of the pontine nucleus	ipsi	VBPNv	-0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleus	ipsi	PCRt	-1
Caudoventral reticular nucleus	ipsi	CVL	2
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CL	1
Paracentral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PC	1
Posterior thalamic nuclear group	ipsi	Po	1
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VL	2
Ventrobasal complex	ipsi	VB	1
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VM	1
Caudal one third of the cerebral peduncle at the level of the pontine nuclei	ipsi	cotcp	-0.5
Medial one third of the cerebral peduncle	ipsi	motcp	-0.5
Rostral striatum	ipsi	CPur	1
Ventrolateral striatum	ipsi	CPuvl	2
Subthalamic nucleus	ipsi	STh	2
Pontine gray dorsoventral extend	contra	DVePG	-0.5
Ventral border of the pontine gray	contra	VbPG	-0.5
Pontine nuclei rostral part	contra	BPNr	1
Cerebral peduncle basal part	contra	cp	0
Rostral striatum	contra	CPur	1
Ventrolateral striatum	contra	CPuvl	1

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Caudal half of the pontine nuclei	ipsi	BPNch	-0.5
Pontine nuclei rostral part	ipsi	BPNr	-0.5
Most rostral level of the pontine nuclei	ipsi	MroLBPNr	0
Midpontine level in the pontine nuclei ventromedial part	ipsi	MpVeMePn	-0.5
Pontine nucleus ventral part lateral component	ipsi	BPNvL	-0.5
Intertrigeminal nucleus	ipsi	I5	-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus rostrolateral part	ipsi	PFrl	2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus ventral part	ipsi	PFV	1
Ventral part of posterior thalamic nuclear group	ipsi	PoV	3
Ventrobasal complex	ipsi	VB	0
Caudal one third of the cerebral peduncle at the level of the pontine nuclei	ipsi	cotcp	-0.5
Medial one third of the cerebral peduncle	ipsi	motcp	-0.5
Subthalamic nucleus	ipsi	STh	2
Cingulate cortex	ipsi	Cg	1
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 2	ipsi	ACCL2	3
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 3	ipsi	ACCL3	3
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 5	ipsi	ACCL5	3
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 6	ipsi	ACCL6	1
Anterior cingulate cortex rostral part	ipsi	ACCr	3
Posterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	PCC	0
Prelimbic cortex	ipsi	PrL	0
Infralimbic cortex	ipsi	IL	0
Frontal cortex area 1	ipsi	Fr1	2
Frontal cortex area 3	ipsi	Fr3	2
Parietal cortex area 1	ipsi	Par1	2
Agranular insular cortex	ipsi	AI	2
Gustatory dysgranular insular cortex	ipsi	DIg	2
Perirhinal cortex	ipsi	A35	2
Rostral forelimb motor area	ipsi	RFMA	3
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	3
Secondary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S2	3
Pontine gray dorsoventral extend	contra	DVePG	-0.5
Ventral border of the pontine gray	contra	VbPG	-0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleus	contra	PCRt	-1
Cerebral peduncle basal part	contra	cp	0
Anterior cingulate cortex rostral part	contra	ACCr	0.5
Rostral forelimb motor area	contra	RFMA	1.5

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