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Medial amygdaloid nucleus posteroventral part right


Abbreviation
MePV
Color       
Superior regionsMedial amygdaloid nucleus

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Medial nucleus of the amygdala posteroventral partMEApv 
Medial amygdalar nucleus posteroventral partMEApvEng
Medial amygdaloid nucleus posteroventral partMePVEng
 MpvEng

SubregionsSide
Superficial outer rim of the medial amygdaloid nucleus posteroventral partright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Medial preoptic nucleuscontraMPO0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areacontraAHA1
Dorsal hypothalamic areacontraDA0.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleuscontraPH1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraVMH1
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus 2contraAVPV20.5
Periparaventricular area of hypothalamuscontraPPVA0.5
Premammillary nucleus ventral partcontraPMV1
Amygdaloid complexcontraAC-3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminaliscontraBST1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial division posteromedial partcontraBSTMPM-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA1
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR1
Rostral linear nucleus of the rapheipsiRLi1
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR1
Central raphe nucleusipsiCRN1
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA1
Caudal pole of medial preoptic areaipsiMPAc2
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO1.5
Medial preoptic nucleus lateral partipsiMPOL3
Medial preoptic nucleus medial partipsiMPOM1
Juxtaparaventricular part caudal [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]ipsiJPVC0.5
Juxtaparaventricular part rostral [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]ipsiJPVR0.5
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH1
Lateral hypothalamic area juxtadorsomedial regionipsiJDM0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area motor related juxtaventromedial region dorsal zoneipsiLHAjvd3
Lateral hypothalamic area motor related juxtaventromedial region ventral zoneipsiLHAjvv2
Lateral hypothalamic area ventromedial partipsiLHvm0
Lateral hypothalamic nucleusipsiLHN-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area [Lateral zone tuberal level]ipsiLHtu0.5
Supramammillar nucleus 2ipsiSuM21
Tuberal nucleusipsiTU4
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA3
Anterior hypothalamic area central partipsiAHAC3
Anterior hypothalamic area medial partipsiAHAm2.5
Anterior hypothalamic area posterior partipsiAHAP3
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus [Anterior hypothalamic area]ipsiAVPe0
Anterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiAHn4
Anterior hypothalamic nucleus ventral partipsiAHnv-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM2
Medial mammillary nucleus 2ipsiMM21
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPH3
Ventral region of posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPHv2
Subparaventricular zoneipsiSuPZ3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiVMHDM4
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus lateral partipsiVMHL-0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus shellipsiVMS3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus ventrolateral partipsiVMHVL4
Anterior periventricular nucleusipsiPeA4
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus 2ipsiAVPV21
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc1
Intermediate periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamusipsiPVi3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus descending divisionipsiPVHd0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa3
Posterior periventricular nucleusipsiPeP1
Suprachiasmatic nucleusipsiSCh3
Medial mammillary nucleusipsiMMn1
Medial mammillary nucleus medial partipsiMM1
Premammillary nucleus dorsal partipsiPMD0
Premammillary nucleus ventral partipsiPMV4
Supramammillar nucleusipsiSuM1
Retrochiasmatic areaipsiRCh3
Dorsal thalamusipsiDOR1
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD-3
Nucleus reuniens rostral division ventral partipsiRERv1
Zona incerta rostral partipsiZIR1
Anterior basomedial nucleusipsiBMA2
Posterior basomedial nucleusipsiBMP2
Lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLA2
Lateral nucleus caudal halfipsiLAcaph-0.5
Ventrolateral part of the lateral nucleusipsiLaVL-0.5
Ventromedial part of the lateral nucleusipsiLaVM-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior divisionipsiBSTA-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division anterolateral nucleusipsiBSTal0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division dorsomedial nucleusipsiBSTdm1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division subcommissural partipsiBSTAsc0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior dorsal areaipsiBSTAD2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior lateral areaipsiBSTAL0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior medial partipsiBSTAM3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior ventral areaipsiBSTAV1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis fusiform partipsiFu0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis magnocellular nucleusipsiBSTmc-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis oval nucleusipsiBSTo0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis rhomboid nucleusipsiBSTrh0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division anteromedial nucleusipsiBSTaam2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis juxtacapsular partipsiBSTj0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division dorsal partipsiBSTLD0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division posterior partipsiBSTLP0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division ventral partipsiBSTLV0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial divisionipsiBSTM3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial division anterior partipsiBSTMA-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial division posterior partipsiBSTMP-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial division posterolateral partipsiBSTMPL-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial division posteromedial partipsiBSTMPM-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis medial division ventral partipsiBSTMV-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterior divisionipsiBSTP2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis dorsal nucleusipsiBSTd0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis interfascicular nucleusipsiBSTif2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterior division ventral nucleusipsiBSTV-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis principal nucleusipsiBSTpr1.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis transverse nucleusipsiBSTt2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterointermediate partipsiBSTPI2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis preoptic partipsiBSTPO2
Capsule like area surrounding central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCec-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral division capsular partipsiCeC2
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisionipsiCeM1
Medial division of the sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEAm3
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir1
Amygdalopiriform transition area anterolateral partipsiAPir_AL-0.5
Anterior amygdaloid areaipsiAA2
Anterior amygdaloid area dorsal partipsiAAD-0.5
Anterior amygdaloid area ventral partipsiAAV-0.5
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo-0.5
Posterior amygdaloid nucleus medial partipsiCOApm-0.5
Posterior amygdaloid nucleusipsiCOAp2
Posterolateral cortical nucleusipsiPLCo2
Medial amygdaloid nucleus anterodorsal partipsiMeAD2
Medial amygdaloid nucleus anteroventral partipsiMeAV2
Medial amygdaloid nucleus posterodorsal partipsiMePD1.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus posteroventral partipsiMePV0
Amygdalohippocampal areaipsiAHi-0.5
Bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tractipsiBAOT2
Posteromedial cortical nucleusipsiPMCo-0.5
Amygdalostriatal transition areaipsiAStr-0.5
Hippocampal septalipsiHIPPs1
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv0.5
ParasubiculumipsiPaS0.5
Lateral entorhinal cortexipsiLEnt1
Lateral entorhinal cortex ventral partipsiVLEA2
Lateral entorhinal cortex ventromedial partipsiVMEAL2
Medial entorhinal cortexipsiMEnt0.5
Ventral entorhinal cortex layer 1ipsiEntVeL1-0.5
Ventral entorhinal cortex layer 2ipsiEntVeL2-0.5
Ventral entorhinal cortex layer 3ipsiEntVeL3-0.5
Ventral entorhinal cortex layer 4ipsiEntVeL4-0.5
Ventral entorhinal cortex layer 5ipsiEntVeL5-0.5
Ventral entorhinal cortex layer 6ipsiEntVeL6-0.5
Postpiriform transition areaipsiTR1
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL2
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL2
Anterior olfactory nucleusipsiAON2
Olfactory tubercleipsiTuO2
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS-0.5
Lateral septal nucleus intermediate partipsiLSI1
Lateral septal nucleus ventral partipsiLSV1

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]contraPaAP-0.5
Ventral part of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]contravPaAP-0.5
Adjacent to the ventral part of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]contraPaAPav-0.5
Anterior part of periventricular parvocellular subdivision of paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPVPapvA-0.5
Perifornical nucleuscontraPeF-0.5
Perifornical nucleus at the level of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular partcontraPeFLPaAP-0.5
Perifornical nucleus caudal to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular partcontraPeFCPaAP-0.5
Dorsal endopiriform nucleusipsiDEn2
Substantia innominataipsiSI0
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO0
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA2
Medial preoptic area dorsolateral partipsiMPADL2
Juxtaparaventricular part caudal [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]ipsiJPVC0
Juxtaparaventricular part rostral [Lateral hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]]ipsiJPVR0
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH3
Lateral hypothalamic area juxtadorsomedial regionipsiJDM0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area motor related juxtaventromedial region dorsal zoneipsiLHAjvd0
Lateral hypothalamic area motor related juxtaventromedial region ventral zoneipsiLHAjvv0
Lateral hypothalamic area perifornical partipsiPFx3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiDMDM3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaAP-0.5
Ventral part of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsivPaAP-0.5
Adjacent to the ventral part of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaAPav-0.5
Anterior part of periventricular parvocellular subdivision of paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPVPapvA-0.5
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF-0.5
Perifornical nucleus at the level of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular partipsiPeFLPaAP-0.5
Perifornical nucleus caudal to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular partipsiPeFCPaAP-0.5
Posterior basolateral nucleusipsiBLP3
Anterior basomedial nucleusipsiBMA2
Posterior basomedial nucleusipsiBMP2.5
Lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLA1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division anterolateral nucleusipsiBSTal2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division dorsomedial nucleusipsiBSTdm0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior division subcommissural partipsiBSTAsc0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis anterior medial partipsiBSTAM2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis fusiform partipsiFu0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis magnocellular nucleusipsiBSTmc0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis oval nucleusipsiBSTo2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis rhomboid nucleusipsiBSTrh0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis juxtacapsular partipsiBSTj0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis dorsal nucleusipsiBSTd1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis interfascicular nucleusipsiBSTif3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterior division ventral nucleusipsiBSTV0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis principal nucleusipsiBSTpr3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis transverse nucleusipsiBSTt1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral tipipsiBNSTvt2
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL0
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir2
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo3
Posterior amygdaloid nucleus medial partipsiCOApm3
Posterior amygdaloid nucleusipsiCOAp0
Posterolateral cortical nucleusipsiPLCo2.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus anterodorsal partipsiMeAD2.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus anteroventral partipsiMeAV2.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus posterodorsal partipsiMePD-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus posteroventral partipsiMePV0
Bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tractipsiBAOT2.5
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv3
Subiculum ventral part medial partipsiSvm2
Rostral dorsolateral entorhinal areaipsirDLEA2
Rostral ventrolateral entorhinal areaipsirVLEA2
Caudal entorhinal field 1ipsiCEnt11
Piriform cortexipsiPir2
Postpiriform transition areaipsiTR0
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL3
Agranular insular cortex posterior partipsiAIP1
Agranular insular cortex rostral posterior partipsirAIp1
Agranular insular cortex ventral partipsiAIV2
Perirhinal cortexipsiA351
Dorsal peduncular cortexipsiDP3
Accessory olfactory bulbipsiAOB-1
Accessory olfactory bulb anterior partipsiAOBa-1
Accessory olfactory bulb posterior partipsiAOBp-1

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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