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Midline ventral tegmental nucleus right


Abbreviation
MVTA
Color       
Superior regionsTegmental area

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Midline ventral tegmental nucleusMVTA 
Medial parts of tegmentum  
Midline tegmentum Eng

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-0.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Ventral midbrain tegmentumipsiVeMT3
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA-0.5
Transitional region between ventral tegmental area and the medial substantia nigra pars compactaipsiTRVTAmSNC3
Ventrolateral tegmental areaipsiVLTg3
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN3
Rostral coreipsiAcbCr1
Rostral accumbens shellipsiAcbShr1

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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