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Rat connectome

Dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex right

Abbreviation	LGd
Color
Superior regions	Geniculate group of the dorsal thalamus

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex	LGd	Eng
Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus	LGd	Eng

Subregions	Side
Dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex rostral part	right
Posterior part of the dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex	right
Medial portion of the dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex	right

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Retinal ganglion cells	contra	RETg	3
Visual regions	contra	VR	3
Primary visual cortex	contra	V1	3
Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus	contra	VLG	-0.5
Parabigeminal nucleus	ipsi	PBG	-3
Superior colliculus	ipsi	SC	-3
Superior colliculus superficial layers	ipsi	SCs	2
Superior colliculus intermediate layers	ipsi	SCi	3
Superior colliculus deep layers	ipsi	SCd	2
Olivary pretectal nucleus	ipsi	OPT	3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus	ipsi	SCh	2
Dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex	ipsi	LGd	1
Ventral part of the lateral geniculate complex	ipsi	LGv	2
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleus	ipsi	LP	2
Laterodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	LD	2
Reticular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Rt	2
Zona incerta	ipsi	ZI	2
Zona incerta caudal part	ipsi	ZIC	0
Zona incerta dorsal part	ipsi	ZID	0
Zona incerta rostral part	ipsi	ZIR	0
Zona incerta ventral part	ipsi	ZIV	1
Anterior pretectal nucleus	ipsi	APT	2
Retinal ganglion cells	ipsi	RETg	3
Lateral terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tract	ipsi	LTeN	2
Presubiculum	ipsi	PrS	-0.5
Lateral entorhinal cortex	ipsi	LEnt	0.5
Medial entorhinal cortex	ipsi	MEnt	0.5
Temporal association cortex 1	ipsi	TeA	1
Visual regions	ipsi	VR	3
Area 17 area 18a border region	ipsi	VR1B2a	3
Medial from border of area 17 area 18a border region	ipsi	VR1B2aMb	3
Primary visual cortex	ipsi	V1	3
Primary visual cortex lateral part	ipsi	V1La	3
Primary visual cortex layer 1	ipsi	V1L1	1.5
Primary visual cortex layer 2	ipsi	V1L2	2
Primary visual cortex layer 3	ipsi	V1L3	2
Primary visual cortex layer 4	ipsi	V1L4	3
Primary visual cortex deep layers	ipsi	V1dL	3
Primary visual cortex layer 5	ipsi	V1L5	2
Primary visual cortex layer 6	ipsi	V1L6	3
Primary visual cortex subplate layer	ipsi	V1Lsp	2
Primary visual cortex white matter	ipsi	V1WM	1
Primary visual cortex monocular area	ipsi	V1M	3
Anteroposterior division of the medial primary visual cortex	ipsi	V1meAP	3
Lateral extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISxL	3
Caudal lateral extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISL-c	1
Far lateral extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISFL	0
Mediolateral cortical visual area	ipsi	VISlm	0
Rostral lateral extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISL-r	1
Anterolateral cortical visual area	ipsi	VISal	0
Medial extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISM	3
Anteromedial cortical visual area	ipsi	VISam	1
Posteromedial cortical visual area	ipsi	VISpm	0
External stratum of cortical white matter	ipsi	NEOCXLes	3
Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus	ipsi	VLG	-3
Olfactory tubercle	ipsi	TuO	2

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Parabigeminal nucleus	contra	PBG	3
Superior colliculus	contra	SC	-0.5
Superior colliculus superficial layers	contra	SCs	-0.5
Optic nerve layer of the superior colliculus	contra	Op	-0.5
Superficial gray layer of the superior colliculus	contra	SuG	-0.5
Pretectal region	contra	PRT	-0.5
Retina	contra	RET	4
Retina nasal part	contra	RETna	2
Lower temporal crescent of the retina	contra	RETLtc	3
Peripheral zone of the lower temporal crescent of the retina	contra	RETLtcP	2
Retina upper part	contra	RETup	2
Intergeniculate leaf	contra	IGL	1
Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus	contra	VLG	2
Parabigeminal nucleus	ipsi	PBG	3
Periaqueductal gray	ipsi	PAG	-1
Superior colliculus	ipsi	SC	3
Superior colliculus superficial layers	ipsi	SCs	3
Optic nerve layer of the superior colliculus	ipsi	Op	2
Superficial gray layer of the superior colliculus	ipsi	SuG	3
Superior colliculus zonal layer	ipsi	SCzo	1
Intermediate gray layer of the superior colliculus	ipsi	InG	1
Deep gray layer of the superior colliculus	ipsi	DpG	1
Substantia nigra A9	ipsi	SN	0
Substantia nigra compact part	ipsi	SNC	-0.5
Substantia nigra lateral part	ipsi	SNL	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10	ipsi	VTA	0
Retrorubral nucleus	ipsi	RR	-1
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus pars compacta	ipsi	PPNC	-1
Mesencephalic reticular formation	ipsi	MRF	-1
Cuneiforme nucleus	ipsi	CnF	-1
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus	ipsi	Gi	1
Olivary pretectal nucleus	ipsi	OPT	1
Lateral zone	ipsi	LHA	1
Lateral hypothalamic area	ipsi	LH	1
Anterior hypothalamic area	ipsi	AHA	-1
Suprachiasmatic nucleus	ipsi	SCh	-1
Retrochiasmatic area	ipsi	RCh	-1
Dorsal part of the lateral geniculate complex	ipsi	LGd	1
Ventral part of the lateral geniculate complex	ipsi	LGv	2
Posterior thalamic nuclear group	ipsi	Po	2
Reticular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Rt	3
Zona incerta	ipsi	ZI	-3
Zona incerta ventral part	ipsi	ZIV	1
Nucleus of the optic tract	ipsi	OT	1
Pretectal region	ipsi	PRT	3
Anterior pretectal nucleus	ipsi	APT	1
Posterior pretectal nucleus	ipsi	PPT	1
Pretectal region profund part	ipsi	PRTp	1
Dorsal pretectal nucleus	ipsi	DPRT	4
Retina	ipsi	RET	3
Retina nasal part	ipsi	RETna	1
Lower temporal crescent of the retina	ipsi	RETLtc	3
Central zone of the lower temporal crescent of the retina	ipsi	RETLtcC	2
Peripheral zone of the lower temporal crescent of the retina	ipsi	RETLtcP	2
Retina upper part	ipsi	RETup	1
Accessory optic system	ipsi	AOS	-3
Lateral terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tract	ipsi	LTeN	1
Medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tract	ipsi	MT	-3
Visual regions	ipsi	VR	0.5
Area 17 area 18a border region	ipsi	VR1B2a	3
Primary visual cortex	ipsi	V1	3
Primary visual cortex layer 5	ipsi	V1L5	0
Primary visual cortex layer 6	ipsi	V1L6	-0.5
Primary visual cortex layer 6 lower part	ipsi	V1L6L	3
Lateral extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISxL	3
Mediolateral cortical visual area	ipsi	VISlm	-1
Anterolateral cortical visual area	ipsi	VISal	-1
Medial extrastriate cortex	ipsi	VISM	3
Nucleus of the posterior commissure	ipsi	PCom	2
Intergeniculate leaf	ipsi	IGL	1
Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus	ipsi	VLG	2
Olfactory tubercle	ipsi	TuO	1
Eye	contra	OrgEye	3

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