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Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray rostral part right


Abbreviation
PAGvlr
Color       
Superior regionsVentrolateral periaqueductal gray

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partPAGvlrEng

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscuscontraVLL0
Paralemniscal nucleuscontraPL0
Parabigeminal nucleuscontraPBG0
Periparabigeminal areacontraPPBGa0
Periaqueductal graycontraPAG1
Dorsolateral periaqueductal graycontraDLPAG0.5
Periaqueductal gray caudal partcontraPAGc0.5
Periaqueductal gray rostral partcontraPAGR0.5
External cortex of the inferior colliculuscontraECIC0
Nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculuscontraBIC0
Superior colliculus deep layerscontraSCd1
Peduncularpontine nucleuscontraPPN0
Substantia nigra compact partcontraSNC0
Substantia nigra lateral partcontraSNL0
Substantia nigra reticular partcontraSNR0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10contraVTA0.5
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleuscontraLDTg0.5
Dorsal tegmental nucleus lateral partcontraDLTN0.5
Interposed cerebellar nucleicontraICN0
Lateral cerebellar nucleuscontraCERL0
Medial cerebellar nucleuscontraMed0
A5 noradrenaline cellscontraA50.5
A5 noradrenaline cells dorsal partcontraA5d0.5
Barringtons nucleuscontraBar0.5
Locus coeruleuscontraLC0.5
Pons rostral partcontraPro-2
Reticulotegmental nucleuscontraRETn0
Prepositus nucleuscontraPr0.5
Caudoventrolateral reticular nucleuscontraCVLR0.5
Paramedian reticular nucleuscontraPMn0.5
Rostroventrolateral reticular nucleuscontraRVL0.5
Mesencephalic reticular formationcontraMRF0.5
Nucleus reticularis subcuneiformiscontraRScf0
Pontine reticular nucleus oral partcontraPnO0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partcontraPNC1
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal part alphacontraPnOca0.5
Cuneiforme nucleuscontraCnF0.5
Koelliker Fuse nucleuscontraKF0.5
Lateral parabrachial nucleuscontraLPB0
Parabrachial nucleus medialcontraPBnMe0
Gigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraGi0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus alpha partcontraGiA0.5
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal partcontraMdDd0.5
Ventral medullary reticular formationcontraVMurF0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleuscontraPCRt0.5
Subcoeruleus nucleus alpha partcontraSubCA0.5
Subcoeruleus nucleus dorsal partcontraSubCD0.5
Subcoeruleus nucleus ventral partcontraSubCV0.5
Supragenual nucleuscontraSGe0
C1 adrenaline cellscontraC10.5
Ambiguus nucleuscontraAmb0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleuscontraSp5nc0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract lateral partcontraSolL0.5
Raphe nucleicontraRAN-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR0
Superior central raphe nucleuscontraCS0
Midline apneic sitecontraMAS3
Raphe magnus nucleuscontraRMg0.5
Raphe magnus nucleus rostral partcontraRMgR0.5
Raphe obscurus nucleuscontraROb-0.5
Cuneate nucleuscontraCu0.5
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraPGi0.5
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleuscontraLPGi0.5
Caudal part of the lateral paragigantocellular nucleuscontraCLPGi0.5
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleus rostral partcontraLPGiR0.5
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandcontraHDB0
Substantia innominatacontraSI0
Lateral preoptic areacontraLPO0.5
Medial preoptic areacontraMPA0.5
Magnocellular preoptic nucleuscontraMCPO0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraDMHy0
Lateral hypothalamic areacontraLH2
Anterior hypothalamic areacontraAHA0.5
Dorsal hypothalamic areacontraDA0.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleuscontraPH0
Tuberal area lateral partcontraTAL0.5
Tuberal area medial partcontraTAm0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraVMH0
Arcuate nucleuscontraArc0
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPe0
Premammillary nucleus dorsal partcontraPMD0
Perifornical nucleuscontraPeF0.5
Zona incertacontraZI0.5
Tuber cinereum areacontraTC0.5
Lateral habenular nucleuscontraLHb0.5
Anterior pretectal nucleuscontraAPT0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminaliscontraBST0
Central amygdaloid nucleuscontraCe0
Cingulate cortexcontraCg0.5
Prefrontal cortexcontraPFC0.5
Ventral geniculate nucleuscontraVG0
Dorsolateral to the pyramidcontrapyDL-2
Lateral to the pyramidcontrapyL-2
Dorsal horn C1contraDHC10.5
Ventral horn C1contraVHC10
Dorsal horn C2contraDHC20.5
Ventral horn C2contraVHC20
Dorsal horn C3contraDHC30.5
Ventral horn C3contraVHC30
Dorsal horn C4contraDHC40.5
Ventral horn C4contraVHC40
Dorsal horn C5contraDHC50.5
Ventral horn C5contraVHC50
Dorsal horn C6contraDHC60.5
Ventral horn C6contraVHC60
Dorsal horn C7contraDHC70.5
Ventral horn C7contraVHC70
Dorsal horn C8contraDHC80.5
Ventral horn C8contraVHC80
Dorsal horn T1contraDHT10.5
Ventral horn T1contraVHT10
Dorsal horn T2contraDHT20.5
Ventral horn T2contraVHT20
Dorsal horn T3contraDHT30.5
Ventral horn T3contraVHT30
Dorsal horn T4contraDHT40.5
Ventral horn T4contraVHT40
Dorsal horn T5contraDHT50.5
Ventral horn T5contraVHT50
Dorsal horn T6contraDHT60.5
Ventral horn T6contraVHT60
Dorsal horn T7contraDHT70.5
Ventral horn T7contraVHT70
Dorsal horn T8contraDHT80.5
Ventral horn T8contraVHT80
Dorsal horn T9contraDHT90.5
Ventral horn T9contraVHT90
Dorsal horn T10contraDHT100.5
Ventral horn T10contraVHT100
Dorsal horn T11contraDHT110.5
Ventral horn T11contraVHT110
Dorsal horn T12contraDHT120.5
Ventral horn T12contraVHT120
Dorsal horn T13contraDHT130.5
Ventral horn T13contraVHT130
Dorsal horn L1contraDHL10.5
Ventral horn L1contraVHL10
Dorsal horn L2contraDHL20.5
Ventral horn L2contraVHL20
Dorsal horn L3contraDHL30.5
Ventral horn L3contraVHL30
Dorsal horn L4contraDHL40.5
Ventral horn L4contraVHL40
Dorsal horn L5contraDHL50.5
Ventral horn L5contraVHL50
Dorsal horn L6contraDHL60.5
Ventral horn L6contraVHL60
Dorsal horn S1contraDHS10.5
Ventral horn S1contraVHSa10
Dorsal horn S2contraDHS20.5
Ventral horn S2contraVHSa20
Dorsal horn S3contraDHS30.5
Ventral horn S3contraVHSa30
Dorsal horn S4contraDHS40.5
Ventral horn S4contraVHSa40
Dorsal horn Co1contraDHCo10.5
Ventral horn Co1contraVHCo10
Dorsal horn Co2contraDHCo20.5
Ventral horn Co2contraVHCo20
Dorsal horn Co3contraDHCo30.5
Ventral horn Co3contraVHCo30
Fasciculus retroflexusipsifr-2
Ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscusipsiVLL0
Paralemniscal nucleusipsiPL0
Parabigeminal nucleusipsiPBG0
Periparabigeminal areaipsiPPBGa0
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG3
Dorsolateral periaqueductal grayipsiDLPAG1
Periaqueductal gray caudal partipsiPAGc1
Periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGR0.5
External cortex of the inferior colliculusipsiECIC0
Nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculusipsiBIC0.5
Superior colliculus deep layersipsiSCd1
Peduncularpontine nucleusipsiPPN0
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN2
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC1
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL0.5
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA2
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR2
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg1
Dorsal tegmental nucleus lateral partipsiDLTN0.5
Interposed cerebellar nucleiipsiICN0
Lateral cerebellar nucleusipsiCERL0
Medial cerebellar nucleusipsiMed0.5
A5 noradrenaline cellsipsiA52
A5 noradrenaline cells dorsal partipsiA5d1
Barringtons nucleusipsiBar1
Locus coeruleusipsiLC2
Pons rostral partipsiPro-2
Reticulotegmental nucleusipsiRETn0
Prepositus nucleusipsiPr0.5
Caudoventrolateral reticular nucleusipsiCVLR2
Paramedian reticular nucleusipsiPMn0.5
Rostroventrolateral reticular nucleusipsiRVL2
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF1.5
Deep mesencephalic nucleusipsiDpMe3
Nucleus reticularis subcuneiformisipsiRScf0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus oral partipsiPnO0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partipsiPNC0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal part alphaipsiPnOca0
Cuneiforme nucleusipsiCnF2
Koelliker Fuse nucleusipsiKF1
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB0.5
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi2
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus alpha partipsiGiA1
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal partipsiMdDd0.5
Ventral medullary reticular formationipsiVMurF0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleusipsiPCRt1
Subcoeruleus nucleus alpha partipsiSubCA1
Subcoeruleus nucleus dorsal partipsiSubCD2
Subcoeruleus nucleus ventral partipsiSubCV2
Supragenual nucleusipsiSGe0.5
C1 adrenaline cellsipsiC12
Ambiguus nucleusipsiAmb2
Spinal trigeminal nucleusipsiSp5nc0
Nucleus of the solitary tract lateral partipsiSolL1
Raphe nucleiipsiRAN-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR0.5
Superior central raphe nucleusipsiCS0.5
Midline apneic siteipsiMAS3
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg3
Raphe magnus nucleus rostral partipsiRMgR1
Raphe obscurus nucleusipsiROb-0.5
Rostral ventrolateral medullaipsiRVLM2
Cuneate nucleusipsiCu0
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiPGi3
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleusipsiLPGi1
Caudal part of the lateral paragigantocellular nucleusipsiCLPGi2
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleus rostral partipsiLPGiR1
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandipsiHDB2
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal bandipsiVDB2
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB-0.5
Substantia innominataipsiSI-3
Substantia innominata rostral aspectipsiSIr-0.5
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO2
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA2
Lateral preoptic nucleusipsiLPN2
Magnocellular preoptic nucleusipsiMCPO0.5
HypothalamusipsiHYPO-2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area [Region of tuber cinereum]ipsiLHTUC3
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH4
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA2
Anterior hypothalamic area central partipsiAHAC1
Dorsal hypothalamic areaipsiDA2
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPH1
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus [Tuberal region]ipsiPeTR-0.5
Tuberal area lateral partipsiTAL0.5
Tuberal area medial partipsiTAm0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH1
Periventricular zoneipsiPVZ3
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc0.5
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPe0
Premammillary nucleus dorsal partipsiPMD0.5
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupipsiRRF2
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF1
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM2
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL1
Paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiPC1
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF2
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh2
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiIMD2
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN-0.5
Ventrobasal complexipsiVB-0.5
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN-0.5
Zona incertaipsiZI3
Tuber cinereum areaipsiTC2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb0
Anterior pretectal nucleusipsiAPT0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior divisionipsiBSTA2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis juxtacapsular partipsiBSTj2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division posterior partipsiBSTLP2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division ventral partipsiBSTLV2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterior divisionipsiBSTP2
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe0.5
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir2
Cingulate cortexipsiCg2
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC2
Ventral geniculate nucleusipsiVG0.5
3d ventricleipsi3V-2
Dorsolateral to the pyramidipsipyDL-2
Lateral to the pyramidipsipyL-2
Dorsal horn C1ipsiDHC10
Ventral horn C1ipsiVHC10
Dorsal horn C2ipsiDHC20
Ventral horn C2ipsiVHC20
Dorsal horn C3ipsiDHC30
Ventral horn C3ipsiVHC30
Dorsal horn C4ipsiDHC40
Ventral horn C4ipsiVHC40
Dorsal horn C5ipsiDHC50
Ventral horn C5ipsiVHC50
Dorsal horn C6ipsiDHC60
Ventral horn C6ipsiVHC60
Dorsal horn C7ipsiDHC70
Ventral horn C7ipsiVHC70
Dorsal horn C8ipsiDHC80
Ventral horn C8ipsiVHC80
Dorsal horn T1ipsiDHT10
Ventral horn T1ipsiVHT10
Dorsal horn T2ipsiDHT20
Ventral horn T2ipsiVHT20
Dorsal horn T3ipsiDHT30
Ventral horn T3ipsiVHT30
Dorsal horn T4ipsiDHT40
Ventral horn T4ipsiVHT40
Dorsal horn T5ipsiDHT50
Ventral horn T5ipsiVHT50
Dorsal horn T6ipsiDHT60
Ventral horn T6ipsiVHT60
Dorsal horn T7ipsiDHT70
Ventral horn T7ipsiVHT70
Dorsal horn T8ipsiDHT80
Ventral horn T8ipsiVHT80
Dorsal horn T9ipsiDHT90
Ventral horn T9ipsiVHT90
Dorsal horn T10ipsiDHT100
Ventral horn T10ipsiVHT100
Dorsal horn T11ipsiDHT110
Ventral horn T11ipsiVHT110
Dorsal horn T12ipsiDHT120
Ventral horn T12ipsiVHT120
Dorsal horn T13ipsiDHT130
Ventral horn T13ipsiVHT130
Dorsal horn L1ipsiDHL10
Ventral horn L1ipsiVHL10
Dorsal horn L2ipsiDHL20
Ventral horn L2ipsiVHL20
Dorsal horn L3ipsiDHL30
Ventral horn L3ipsiVHL30
Dorsal horn L4ipsiDHL40
Ventral horn L4ipsiVHL40
Dorsal horn L5ipsiDHL50
Ventral horn L5ipsiVHL50
Dorsal horn L6ipsiDHL60
Ventral horn L6ipsiVHL60
Dorsal horn S1ipsiDHS10
Ventral horn S1ipsiVHSa10
Dorsal horn S2ipsiDHS20
Ventral horn S2ipsiVHSa20
Dorsal horn S3ipsiDHS30
Ventral horn S3ipsiVHSa30
Dorsal horn S4ipsiDHS40
Ventral horn S4ipsiVHSa40
Dorsal horn Co1ipsiDHCo10
Ventral horn Co1ipsiVHCo10
Dorsal horn Co2ipsiDHCo20
Ventral horn Co2ipsiVHCo20
Dorsal horn Co3ipsiDHCo30
Ventral horn Co3ipsiVHCo30

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Prelimbic cortex layer 5ipsiPrLL51
Prelimbic cortex layer 6ipsiPrLL61
Infralimbic cortex layer 5ipsiILL51
Infralimbic cortex layer 6ipsiILL61

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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