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Rat connectome

Ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus right

Abbreviation	VMT
Color
Superior regions	Ventral thalamus

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	VMT	Eng
Ventral medial thalamic nucleus		Eng
Ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	VM	Eng
Ventral thalamic nucleus medial aspect		Eng
Principal ventromedial thalamic nucleus		Eng
Nucleus ventralis medialis		Eng
Ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	tvm	Eng
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus	VM	Eng

Subregions	Side
Lateral tip of the ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	right
Medial part of tje ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	right
Medial part of the rostrocaudal extent of the ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	right
Rostrocaudal extent of the ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	right
Lateral two-third of the ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	right
Medial two-thirds of the ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus	right
Rostral part of the ventromedial thalamic nucleus	right

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Central gray	contra	CG	-0.5
Inferior colliculus	contra	ICOL	-0.5
Dorsomedial portion of the spinal trigeminal nucleus oral part	contra	Sp5ODM	-0.5
Anterior cingulate cortex	contra	ACC	1
Cingulate cortex area 1	contra	Cg1	-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 2	contra	Cg2	-0.5
Prelimbic cortex	contra	PrL	1
Infralimbic cortex	contra	IL	1
Insular cortex	contra	ICX	1
Dysgranular insular cortex	contra	DI	-0.5
Central gray	ipsi	CG	3
Inferior colliculus	ipsi	ICOL	3
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsoventral part	ipsi	SNRdv	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part mediolateral part	ipsi	SNRmL	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part rostrocaudal part	ipsi	SNRrc	-0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus oral part	ipsi	PnO	-0.5
Lateral reticular nucleus	ipsi	LRt	3
Dorsomedial portion of the spinal trigeminal nucleus oral part	ipsi	Sp5ODM	-0.5
Tenia tecta	ipsi	TT	-0.5
Juxtaparaventricular part caudal [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]	ipsi	JPVC	0
Juxtaparaventricular part rostral [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]	ipsi	JPVR	0
Lateral hypothalamic area juxtadorsomedial region	ipsi	JDM	0.5
Zona incerta	ipsi	ZI	-0.5
Claustrum	ipsi	Cl	-0.5
Lateral globus pallidus	ipsi	LGP	-0.5
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	-0.5
Dorsal striatum	ipsi	CPud	1.5
Mediodorsal striatum	ipsi	CPuMD	-0.5
Mediolateral striatum	ipsi	CPuml	-0.5
Rostral striatum	ipsi	CPur	1.5
Rostrocaudal region of the caudate putamen	ipsi	RCCPu	-0.5
Lateral striatum	ipsi	CPul	2.5
Field CA1 of hippocampus	ipsi	CA1	1
Entorhinal cortex	ipsi	Ent	-0.5
Retrosplenial dysgranular cortex	ipsi	RSdys	-0.5
Cingulate cortex	ipsi	Cg	-0.5
Anterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	ACC	-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 1	ipsi	Cg1	-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 2	ipsi	Cg2	-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 3	ipsi	Cg3	3
Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex layer 1a	ipsi	DACCL1a	4
Prelimbic cortex	ipsi	PrL	2
Prelimbic cortex layer 1a	ipsi	PrLL1a	4
Prelimbic cortex rostral part	ipsi	PrLr	-0.5
Infralimbic cortex	ipsi	IL	2
Infralimbic cortex layer 1a	ipsi	ILL1a	4
Frontal association cortex	ipsi	FrA	-0.5
Frontal association cortex dorsolateral	ipsi	FrADL	-0.5
Frontal cortex area 2 dorsal part layer 1a	ipsi	Fr2DL1a	4
Frontal cortex area 3	ipsi	Fr3	-0.5
Lateral parietal association cortex	ipsi	LPtA	-0.5
Medial parietal association cortex	ipsi	MPtA	-0.5
Parietal cortex posterior area	ipsi	ParP	-0.5
Parietal cortex posterior area caudal part of the lateral portion	ipsi	ParPcL	-0.5
Auditory regions	ipsi	AU	-0.5
Insular cortex	ipsi	ICX	-0.5
Agranular insular cortex	ipsi	AI	-0.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 1a	ipsi	AIDL1a	4
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 1a	ipsi	AIVL1a	4
Dysgranular insular cortex	ipsi	DI	-0.5
Granular insular cortex layer 4	ipsi	GIL4	-0.5
Granular insular cortex layer 3	ipsi	GIL3	-0.5
Granular insular cortex layer 1	ipsi	GIL1	-0.5
Ectorhinal cortex	ipsi	A36	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGl	-0.5
Forelimb motor cortex	ipsi	FMCx	3
Caudal forelimb motor area	ipsi	CFMA	3
Lateral part of the granular cortex of forelimb motor regions	ipsi	LFMCx	3
Hindlimb motor cortex	ipsi	HMCx	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 1	ipsi	AGlL1	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 3	ipsi	AGlL3	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 4	ipsi	AGlL4	-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortex	ipsi	mPFC	1
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	-0.5
Posterior part of the medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	PoAGm	1
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	1
Posteromedial barrel subfield C3	ipsi	PMBSFC3	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 1	ipsi	S1L1	-0.5
Secondary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S2	-0.5
Primary visual cortex	ipsi	V1	1
Secondary visual cortex	ipsi	V2	-0.5
Orbital cortex	ipsi	OrC	-0.5
Dorsolateral orbital cortex	ipsi	DLO	-0.5
Lateral orbital cortex	ipsi	LO	-0.5
Lateral orbital cortex layer 1a	ipsi	LOLaL1a	4
Medial orbital cortex	ipsi	MO	1
Medial orbital cortex layer 1a	ipsi	MOcxL1a	4
Ventral orbital cortex	ipsi	VO	1
Ventrolateral orbital area	ipsi	VLO	-0.5
Ventrolateral orbital area layer 3	ipsi	VLOL3	-0.5
Ventrolateral orbital area layer 4	ipsi	VLOL4	-0.5
Ventrolateral orbital area layer 1	ipsi	VLOL1	-0.5
Anterior olfactory nucleus medial part	ipsi	AONm	-0.5

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Central gray pons part	contra	CGP	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part	contra	SNR	-0.5
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus	contra	LDTg	-0.5
Dorsolateral hump	contra	CERcndl	0
Deep cerebellar nuclei	contra	DNC	1
Interposed cerebellar nuclei	contra	ICN	2
Anterior interposed nucleus	contra	AIN	1
Posterior interposed nucleus	contra	CERpin	1
Lateral cerebellar nucleus	contra	CERL	3
Lateral cerebellar nucleus caudal part	contra	CERLc	3
Lateral cerebellar nucleus central part	contra	CERLce	2
Lateral cerebellar nucleus rostral part	contra	CERLr	2
Medial cerebellar nucleus	contra	Med	2
Pontine reticular nucleus oral part	contra	PnO	0.5
Superior central raphe nucleus compact subnucleus	contra	SCc	-0.5
Medial globus pallidus	contra	MGP	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	contra	AGl	-0.5
Central gray	ipsi	CG	-0.5
Central gray pons part	ipsi	CGP	-0.5
Central gray pons part pars alpha	ipsi	SGCa	-0.5
Superior colliculus	ipsi	SC	4
Lateral portion of the intermediate white layer of the superior colliculus	ipsi	InWhL	2
Substantia nigra A9	ipsi	SN	3
Substantia nigra compact part	ipsi	SNC	-0.5
Substantia nigra compact part ventral tier	ipsi	SNCV	-0.5
Substantia nigra compact part ventral tier dopaminergic neuron population	ipsi	SNCVdopa	1
Substantia nigra lateral part	ipsi	SNL	3
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	3
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsal tier	ipsi	SNRD	2
Substantia nigra reticular part medial tier	ipsi	SNRm	4
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus	ipsi	LDTg	-0.5
Ventral tegmental nucleus	ipsi	VTg	-0.5
Dorsal tegmental nucleus	ipsi	DTg	-0.5
Dorsal tegmental nucleus ventral part	ipsi	DTgV	-0.5
Edinger Westphal nucleus	ipsi	EW	1.5
Dorsolateral hump	ipsi	CERcndl	0
Anterior interposed nucleus	ipsi	AIN	0
Posterior interposed nucleus	ipsi	CERpin	0
Lateral cerebellar nucleus	ipsi	CERL	1
Lateral cerebellar nucleus central part	ipsi	CERLce	0.5
Lateral cerebellar nucleus rostral part	ipsi	CERLr	0.5
Medial cerebellar nucleus	ipsi	Med	0
Pontine reticular nucleus oral part	ipsi	PnO	1
Koelliker Fuse nucleus	ipsi	KF	2
Lateral parabrachial nucleus	ipsi	LPB	3
Parabrachial nucleus medial	ipsi	PBnMe	2
Medullary reticular nucleus	ipsi	MdD	-0.5
Subnucleus reticularis dorsalis	ipsi	SRD	-0.5
Apneic region of the intertrigeminal nucleus	ipsi	I5ap	1
Superior vestibular nucleus	ipsi	SuVe	-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus caudal part	ipsi	DRC	-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus central part of oral half	ipsi	DRcr	-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral part of oral half	ipsi	DRLr	-0.5
Superior central raphe nucleus compact subnucleus	ipsi	SCc	-0.5
Tenia tecta	ipsi	TT	-0.5
Juxtaparaventricular part caudal [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]	ipsi	JPVC	0
Juxtaparaventricular part rostral [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]	ipsi	JPVR	0
Lateral hypothalamic area	ipsi	LH	-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area juxtadorsomedial region	ipsi	JDM	0
Paratenial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PT	3
Reticular thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Rt	-0.5
Zona incerta	ipsi	ZI	3
Lateral habenular nucleus	ipsi	LHb	-0.5
Medial globus pallidus	ipsi	MGP	-0.5
Medial globus pallidus caudal part	ipsi	MGPc	1
Ventral pallidum	ipsi	VP	0.5
Caudate putamen	ipsi	CPu	3
Anterior cingulate cortex	ipsi	ACC	-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 1	ipsi	Cg1	3
Prelimbic cortex	ipsi	PrL	-0.5
Prelimbic cortex layer 5	ipsi	PrLL5	3
Prelimbic cortex layer 6	ipsi	PrLL6	3
Prelimbic cortex rostral part	ipsi	PrLr	-0.5
Infralimbic cortex	ipsi	IL	-0.5
Infralimbic cortex layer 5	ipsi	ILL5	3
Infralimbic cortex layer 6	ipsi	ILL6	3
Frontal cortex area 2	ipsi	Fr2	-0.5
Agranular insular cortex	ipsi	AI	1
Motoric regions	ipsi	M	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGl	2.5
Hindlimb motor cortex	ipsi	HMCx	3
Medial prefrontal cortex	ipsi	mPFC	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex rostral part	ipsi	rAGm	2
Posterior part of the medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	PoAGm	1
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 5	ipsi	S1L5	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex layer 6	ipsi	S1L6	-0.5
Secondary somatosensory cortex layer 5	ipsi	S2L5	-0.5
Secondary somatosensory cortex layer 6	ipsi	S2L6	-0.5
Medial orbital cortex	ipsi	MO	1
Ventral orbital cortex	ipsi	VO	2
Anterior olfactory nucleus medial part	ipsi	AONm	-0.5
Cervical segment 1	ipsi	CS1	-3
Intermediomedial cell column C1	ipsi	IMMC1	-3
Lateral cervical nucleus C1	ipsi	LatCC1	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus C1	ipsi	LSpC1	-3
Area X C1	ipsi	SCL10C1	-3
Dorsal horn C1	ipsi	DHC1	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 C1	ipsi	SCL1C1	-3
Cervical segment 2	ipsi	CS2	-3
Intermediomedial cell column C2	ipsi	IMMC2	-3
Lateral cervical nucleus C2	ipsi	LatCC2	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus C2	ipsi	LSpC2	-3
Area X C2	ipsi	SCL10C2	-3
Dorsal horn C2	ipsi	DHC2	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 C2	ipsi	SCL1C2	-3
Cervical segment 4	ipsi	CS4	-3
Intermediomedial cell column C4	ipsi	IMMC4	-3
Lateral cervical nucleus C4	ipsi	LatCC4	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus C4	ipsi	LSpC4	-3
Area X C4	ipsi	SCL10C4	-3
Dorsal horn C4	ipsi	DHC4	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 C4	ipsi	SCL1C4	-3
Cervical segment 5	ipsi	CS5	-3
Intermediomedial cell column C5	ipsi	IMMC5	-3
Lateral cervical nucleus C5	ipsi	LatCC5	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus C5	ipsi	LSpC5	-3
Area X C5	ipsi	SCL10C5	-3
Dorsal horn C5	ipsi	DHC5	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 C5	ipsi	SCL1C5	-3
Cervical segment 7	ipsi	CS7	-3
Intermediomedial cell column C7	ipsi	IMMC7	-3
Lateral cervical nucleus C7	ipsi	LatCC7	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus C7	ipsi	LSpC7	-3
Area X C7	ipsi	SCL10C7	-3
Dorsal horn C7	ipsi	DHC7	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 C7	ipsi	SCL1C7	-3
Cervical segment 8	ipsi	CS8	-3
Intermediomedial cell column C8	ipsi	IMMC8	-3
Lateral cervical nucleus C8	ipsi	LatCC8	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus C8	ipsi	LSpC8	-3
Area X C8	ipsi	SCL10C8	-3
Dorsal horn C8	ipsi	DHC8	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 C8	ipsi	SCL1C8	-3
Thoracal segment 4	ipsi	T4	-3
Intermediomedial cell column T4	ipsi	IMMT4	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus T4	ipsi	LSpT4	-3
Area X T4	ipsi	SCL10T4	-3
Dorsal horn T4	ipsi	DHT4	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 T4	ipsi	SCL1T4	-3
Thoracal segment 6	ipsi	T6	0.5
Thoracal segment 7	ipsi	T7	0.5
Thoracal segment 8	ipsi	T8	0.5
Intermediomedial cell column T8	ipsi	IMMT8	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus T8	ipsi	LSpT8	-3
Area X T8	ipsi	SCL10T8	-3
Dorsal horn T8	ipsi	DHT8	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 T8	ipsi	SCL1T8	-3
Thoracal segment 9	ipsi	T9	0.5
Thoracal segment 12	ipsi	T12	-3
Intermediomedial cell column T12	ipsi	IMMT12	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus T12	ipsi	LSpT12	-3
Area X T12	ipsi	SCL10T12	-3
Dorsal horn T12	ipsi	DHT12	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 T12	ipsi	SCL1T12	-3
Lumbar segment 1	ipsi	L1	-3
Intermediomedial cell column L1	ipsi	IMML1	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus L1	ipsi	LSpL1	-3
Area X L1	ipsi	SCL10L1	-3
Dorsal horn L1	ipsi	DHL1	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 L1	ipsi	SCL1L1	-3
Lumbar segment 2	ipsi	L2	-3
Intermediomedial cell column L2	ipsi	IMML2	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus L2	ipsi	LSpL2	-3
Area X L2	ipsi	SCL10L2	-3
Dorsal horn L2	ipsi	DHL2	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 L2	ipsi	SCL1L2	-3
Lumbar segment 3	ipsi	L3	-3
Intermediomedial cell column L3	ipsi	IMML3	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus L3	ipsi	LSpL3	-3
Area X L3	ipsi	SCL10L3	-3
Dorsal horn L3	ipsi	DHL3	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 L3	ipsi	SCL1L3	-3
Lumbar segment 4	ipsi	L4	-3
Intermediomedial cell column L4	ipsi	IMML4	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus L4	ipsi	LSpL4	-3
Area X L4	ipsi	SCL10L4	-3
Dorsal horn L4	ipsi	DHL4	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 L4	ipsi	SCL1L4	-3
Lumbar segment 5	ipsi	L5	-3
Intermediomedial cell column L5	ipsi	IMML5	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus L5	ipsi	LSpL5	-3
Area X L5	ipsi	SCL10L5	-3
Dorsal horn L5	ipsi	DHL5	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 L5	ipsi	SCL1L5	-3
Lumbar segment 6	ipsi	L6	0.5
Intermediomedial cell column L6	ipsi	IMML6	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus L6	ipsi	LSpL6	-3
Area X L6	ipsi	SCL10L6	-3
Dorsal horn L6	ipsi	DHL6	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 L6	ipsi	SCL1L6	-3
Sacral segment 2	ipsi	Sa2	-3
Intermediomedial cell column S2	ipsi	IMMS2	-3
Lateral spinal nucleus S2	ipsi	LSpS2	-3
Area X S2	ipsi	SCL10S2	-3
Dorsal horn S2	ipsi	DHS2	-3
Spinal cord layer 1 S2	ipsi	SCL1S2	-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