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Medial zone right


Abbreviation
MHA
Color       
Superior regionsMediobasal hypothalamus

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Lamina hypothalamica mediaMEZ 
Hypothalamus caudalis  
Hypothalamus pars mamillaris  
Medial zone of the hypothalamus  
Medial hypothalamic nucleus  
Medial zoneMHAEng

SubregionsSide
Anterior hypothalamic arearight
Anterior hypothalamic nucleusright
Anterior region medial zoneright
Anterodorsal preoptic nucleus 2right
Anteroventral preoptic nucleusright
Area lateralis hypothalamicus posterior [Regio hypothalamus caudalis]right
Area periventricularis hypothalamica communis [Regio hypothalamus caudalis]right
Area periventricularis hypothalamica posterior [Regio hypothalamus caudalis]right
Area ventrolateral to the anterior hypothalamic nucleusright
Centromedial nucleus of hypothalamusright
Dorsal hypothalamic arearight
Dorsal hypothalamic nucleusright
Dorsomedial hypothalamic arearight
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]right
Lateral mammillary nucleus 2right
Mammillary region medial zoneright
Medial corticalhypothalamic tractright
Medial mammillary nucleus 2right
Medial mammillary nucleus surrounding arearight
Medial preoptic area 2right
Medial preoptic nucleus 2right
Medial zone anterior levelright
Medial zone mammillary levelright
Medial zone preoptic levelright
Medial zone tuberal levelright
Nucleus circularisright
Paramammillary grayright
Parastriatal nucleusright
Posterior hypothalamic area 2right
Posterior hypothalamic arearight
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusright
Posterodorsal preoptic nucleus 2right
Preoptic region medial zoneright
Retrochiasmatic area 2right
Stigmoid hypothalamic nucleusright
Subparaventricular zoneright
Tuberal arearight
Tuberal region medial zoneright
Ventral tuberomammillary nucleus 2right
Area between ventromedial and dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusright
Caudal between arcuate nucleus and the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus medial partright
Anteroventral preoptic regionright
Around the ventromedial and dorsomedial hypothalamic areasright
Cell-sparse zone between Pe and AHAright
Between ventral border of Pa and dorsal border of AHAright
Cell-sparse zone dorsal and medial to VMH right
Along anteroventral preoptic nucleus and VOLTright
Cell sparse zone between the arcuate and ventromedial nucleiright
Medial basal hypothalamusright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Superior colliculuscontraSC1
Lateral periaqueductal grayipsiLPAG2.5
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG2.5
Superior colliculusipsiSC1.5
Medulla oblongataipsiMeOb-0.5
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS-0.5
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB1
Substantia innominataipsiSI-0.5
ThalamusipsiT-0.5
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe-0.5
Ansa peduncularisipsiape-0.5
Medial forebrain bundleipsimfb-0.5
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC-0.5
Cone like caudal dorsomedial extremity of the accumbens shellipsiAcbShco1
HippocampusipsiHIPP-0.5
Lateral entorhinal cortexipsiLEnt0.5
Medial entorhinal cortexipsiMEnt0.5
Perirhinal cortexipsiA350.5
Ectorhinal cortexipsiA360.5
Postrhinal cortexipsiPOR0.5
Septal regionipsiSER-0.5
Cervical segment 2ipsiCS21
Thoracal segment 8ipsiT81
Lumbar segment 1ipsiL11
Lumbar segment 6ipsiL61
Sacral segment 4ipsiSa41

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Nucleus of the solitary tractcontraSol0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraDMHy0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partcontraVMHDM1
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG1
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC0
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR0
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA0
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB0
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe0
Trigeminal systemipsi5S0
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol1
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR0
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR0
Paramedian raphe nucleusipsiPMnR0
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB1
Substantia innominataipsiSI0
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO1
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA2
Median preoptic areaipsiMnPA1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM3
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus anterior partipsiVMHA2
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiVMHDM-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa1
Premammillary nucleus dorsal partipsiPMD1
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST1
Central extended amygdala groupipsiCEXA0
Anterior amygdaloid areaipsiAA0
Medial extended amygdalaipsiMEXA1
ClaustrumipsiCl1
Globus pallidusipsiGP0
Ventral pallidumipsiVP0
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC0
Accumbens nucleus shellipsiAcbSh0
Caudate putamenipsiCPu0
Field CA1 of hippocampusipsiCA11
Field CA1 of hippocampus ventral poleipsiCA1vp-0.5
SubiculumipsiS2
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv2
Cingulate cortexipsiCg1
Cingulate cortex area 1 caudal partipsiCg1c0
Cingulate cortex area 2 caudal partipsiCg2c0
Prelimbic cortex dorsal partipsiPrLd0.5
Prelimbic cortex ventral partipsiPrLv0.5
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL2
Frontal cortex area 2ipsiFr20
Insular cortexipsiICX0
Ventral orbital cortexipsiVO1
Medial geniculate nucleusipsiMG0
Dorsal intermediate septal regionipsiDISR2
Lateral septal nucleus dorsal partipsiLSD2

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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