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Ventral tegmental area rostral part right


Abbreviation
VTAR
Color       
Superior regionsVentral tegmental area A10

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Ventral tegmental area rostral partVTAR 
Ventral tegmental area A10 rostral part  
Rostral ventral tegmental arearVTAEng

SubregionsSide
Rostral half of the ventral tegmental area rostral partright
Ventral tegmental area rostral dorsomedial partright
Ventral tegmental area rostral ventrolateral partright
Ventral tegmental area rostral ventromedial partright
Ventral tegmental area rostrodorsolateral partright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Periaqueductal graycontraPAG-0.5
Anterior folium of crus 1contraCrus1A4
Lateral cerebellar nucleuscontraCERL1
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleuscontraMe5-0.5
Surrounding caudal mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nervecontraMe5sc-0.5
Caudate putamencontraCPu0.5
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG3
Posterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiPDTg-0.5
Mesencephalic trigeminal tractipsime5-2
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleusipsiMe5-0.5
Surrounding caudal mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nerveipsiMe5sc1
HypothalamusipsiHYPO-2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb1
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC0.5
Accumbens nucleusipsiAc0.5
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC1
Accumbens nucleus shellipsiAcbSh1
Caudate putamenipsiCPu1
Caudal striatumipsiCPuc-0.5
Ventral portion of the middle-third of the caudate putamenipsiCPuMitV1
Lateral striatumipsiCPul-0.5
Piriform cortexipsiPir4
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC2.5
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC4
Anterior medial frontal cortexipsiAMFC4
Precommissural nucleusipsiPrC3
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS1

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Infralimbic cortexcontraIL0
Parietal association cortexcontraPtA0
Prefrontal cortexcontraPFC-0.5
Superior colliculusipsiSC1
Peduncularpontine nucleus caudal levelsipsiPPNCa3
Rostromedial tegmental nucleusipsiRMTg3
Ventral tegmental tailipsiVTTa3
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal partipsiMdDd3
Medial raphe nucleusipsiMeR0.5
Paramedial raphe nucleusipsiRApam0.5
Dorsal endopiriform nucleusipsiDEn2
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS1
Substantia innominataipsiSI3
Navicular nucleus of the basal forebrainipsiNv1
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO4
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA3
Medial preoptic area dorsolateral partipsiMPADL3
Dorsal tenia tectaipsiDTT3
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 areaipsiPHA1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa1
Premammillary nucleusipsiPMAN1
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb2
Lateral habenular nucleus central partipsiLHbc4
Lateral habenular nucleus lateral partipsiLHbL4
Medial habenular nucleusipsiMHb0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis oval nucleusipsiBSTo-10
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis intraamygdaloid divisionipsiBSTIA0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis dorsal nucleusipsiBSTd2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral partipsiBNSTv2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral tipipsiBNSTvt3
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe1
Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissureipsiIPAC0.5
Sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEA2
Anterior amygdaloid areaipsiAA1
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe0.5
ClaustrumipsiCl1
Ventral pallidumipsiVP4
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC1
Lateral accumbens shellipsiAcbShl1
Rostral accumbens shellipsiAcbShr0.5
Rostral accumbens shell dorsomedial partipsiAcbShrDM2
Rostral accumbens shell ventromedial partipsiAcbShrVM2
Caudal accumbens nucleus shell dorsomedial partipsiAcbShCDM2
Caudal accumbens nucleus shell ventromedial partipsiAcbShCVM3
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv2
Cingulate cortex area 1ipsiCg10.5
Cingulate cortex area 2ipsiCg20.5
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL1
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL2
Parietal association cortexipsiPtA1.5
Dorsal peduncular cortexipsiDP2
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC0.5
Orbitomedial prefrontal cortexipsiOMPFC1
Dorsolateral orbitofrontal cortexipsiDLOFC0.5
Lateral orbitofrontal cortexipsiLOFC1
Ventral orbitofrontal cortexipsiVOFC0.5
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS2

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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