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Medial lemniscus right


Abbreviation
ml
Color       
Superior regionsLarge fiber tracts

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Medial lemniscusmlEng

SubregionsSide
Border of the medial lemniscusright
Dorsal medial lemniscusright
Dorsomedial portion of the medial lemniscusright
Medial lemniscus decussationright
Ventral to the medial lemniscusright
Ventral part of the medial lemniscusright
Medial half of the medial lemniscusright
Medial portion of the medial lemniscusright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Ventrolateral periaqueductal graycontraVLPAG-0.5
Posterior region [Lateral division of the hypothalamus]contraPReg0
Lateral hypothalamic areacontraLH-0.5
Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleuscontraVPM-2
Frontoparietal cortex at the border between lateral agranular prefrontal cortex and primary somatosensory cortexcontraFPCbAGl-2
Central gray pons partipsiCGP1
Central nucleus of the inferior colliculusipsiCIC-2
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC3
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR-2
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA1
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg3
Dorsal tegmental nucleusipsiDTg3
PonsipsiP-2
Pontine gray properipsiPGp-2
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF3
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN0
Dorsal cochlear nucleusipsiDC1
Nucleus of the solitary tract lateral partipsiSolL1
Basal forebrainipsiBAF-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy3
Posterior region [Lateral division of the hypothalamus]ipsiPReg-2
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiAHn1
Arcuate nucleus caudal halfipsiArcch-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus dorsal partipsiPaD3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus parvicellular division periventricular partipsiPaPP2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus medial parvocellular part dorsal partipsiMPPap3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus medial parvocellular part ventral partipsiMPPav3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus medial parvocellular part lateral partipsiMPPaL3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaAP2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus magnocellular division posterior partipsiPaMagP2
Paraventricular nucleus medial partipsiPame3
Supraoptic decussationipsisox-2
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]ipsiSO1.5
Supraoptic nucleus perinuclear zoneipsiSOpnz3
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF-0.5
Ventral posterior thalamic complex medial partipsiVPTm-2
Rostral half of the ventral posterior thalamic complex medial partipsiVPTmrh-2
Lateral nucleus accumbensipsiAcl1
Caudate putamenipsiCPu-0.5
Dorsal part of the ventral striatum matrixipsiCPuvMD1
Ventromedial striatum rostral partipsiCPuvmr1
Frontoparietal cortex at the border between lateral agranular prefrontal cortex and primary somatosensory cortexipsiFPCbAGl-2
Granular insular cortexipsiGI-2
Interpeduncular nucleus caudal subnucleusipsiIPC-0.5
Ventral part of the dorsal lateral interpeduncular nucleusipsiIPRvdL-0.5
Interpeduncular nucleus intermediate subnucleusipsiIPI-0.5
Interpeduncular nucleus lateral subnucleusipsiIPL-0.5
Caudoventral part of the rostral lateral interpeduncular nucleusipsiIPcvRL-0.5
Septal regionipsiSER-0.5
Ependyma of the caudal part of the 4th ventricleipsi4VEc-1
Ependyma rostrally to the locus coeruleusipsi4VrLC0

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleuscontraPr5-2
Spinal trigeminal nucleuscontraSp5nc-2
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal partcontraSp5C-0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part ventral part layer 4contraSp5CVL4-0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part ventral part layer 5contraSp5CVL5-0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part ventral part layer 3contraSp5CVL3-0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part ventral part layer 1contraSp5CVL1-0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part ventral part layer 2contraSp5CVL2-0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolar partcontraSp5I-2
Nucleus of the solitary tractcontraSol-2
Dorsal column nucleicontraDCN-2
Cuneate nucleuscontraCu-2
Gracile nucleus principal partcontraGr-2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraDMHy-0.5
Perifornical hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]contraPFxPAR-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area dorsal partcontraLHd-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area ventral partcontraLHAvp-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]contraDM-0.5
Periventricular zonecontraPVZ-0.5
Medial part of the caudal perifornical areacontraPeFCM-0.5
Lateral part of the caudal perifornical areacontraPeFCL-0.5
Cervical segment 6contraCS60.5
Cervical segment 7contraCS70.5
Cervical segment 8contraCS80.5
Lumbar segment 6contraL60.5
Sacral segment 1contraSa10.5
Sacral segment 2contraSa20.5
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN-2
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg2.5
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg2.5
Pontomesencephalic grayipsiPoMG2.5
Cuneiforme nucleusipsiCnF-2
Paratrigeminal nucleusipsiPa5-0.5
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleusipsiPr5-2
Medial vestibular nucleusipsiMVe-0.5
Inferior vestibular nucleusipsiIVN-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleus rostral partipsiRMgR-0.5
Dorsal column nucleiipsiDCN-2
Cuneate nucleusipsiCu-2
GracileipsiGra-2
Gracile nucleus principal partipsiGr-2
Substantia innominataipsiSI3
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA-2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy1
Perifornical hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiPFxPAR0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area caudal partipsiLHc-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area dorsal partipsiLHd0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area ventral partipsiLHAvp1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH-2
Periventricular zoneipsiPVZ2
Lateral mammillary nucleusipsiLM-0.5
Medial mammillary nucleusipsiMMn-0.5
Medial part of the caudal perifornical areaipsiPeFCM1
Lateral part of the caudal perifornical areaipsiPeFCL2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb1
Medial habenular nucleusipsiMHb3
Medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tractipsiMT-2
Caudate putamenipsiCPu0.5
Caudal striatumipsiCPuc3
Dorsal striatumipsiCPud3
Rostral striatumipsiCPur1
Ventral striatumipsiCPuv-0.5
Middle-third of the caudate putamenipsiCPuMit2
Somatomotoric regionsipsiSMR-2
Rostral part of lateral agranular prefrontal cortex layer 5ipsiAGlrL5-2
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex rostral part layer 5ipsirAGmL5-2
Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus lateral partipsiVLGl-0.5
Cervical segment 6ipsiCS60.5
Cervical segment 7ipsiCS70.5
Cervical segment 8ipsiCS80.5
Lumbar segment 6ipsiL60.5
Sacral segment 1ipsiSa10.5
Sacral segment 2ipsiSa20.5
ForelimbipsiMuscFo-2
HindlimbipsiMuscHi-2
LungipsiOrgsLung-10
Trachea sideipsiOrgsTras-10

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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