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Accumbens nucleus core right


Abbreviation
AcbC
Color       
Superior regionsAccumbens nucleus

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Nucleus accumbens core  
Accumbens nucleus coreAcbCEng
Accumbens core Eng

SubregionsSide
Accumbens nucleus core caudal partright
Accumbens nucleus core caudal part striatal transition regionright
Accumbens nucleus core dorsolateral partright
Accumbens nucleus core rostral part striatal transition regionright
Accumbens nucleus core ventrolateral partright
Dorsal coreright
Dorsomedial coreright
Lateral coreright
Medial coreright
Rostral coreright
Ventral coreright
Medium-sized spiny projections neurons of the core of the nucleus accumbensright
Accumbens nucleus core neuronright
Accumbens nucleus central core regionright
Accumbens nucleus core caudomedial partright
Septal pole of the accumbens nucleus coreright
Calretinin-like immunoreactive neuron patches of accumbens coreright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Ventral tegmental area A10 middle thirdcontraVTAmit-0.5
Choroidea innervating part of the superior salivatory nucleuscontraCSSN-10
MesencephalonipsiMEC1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG0
Rostromedial tegmental nucleusipsiRMTg1
Ventral midbrain tegmentumipsiVeMT0.5
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN3
Substantia nigra A9 dorsal partipsiSND-0.5
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC3
Substantia nigra compact part caudal tieripsiSNCC1
Substantia nigra compact part dorsal tieripsiSNCD2
Substantia nigra compact part medial tieripsiSNCM-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR3
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsomedial tieripsiSNRDM2
Substantia nigra reticular part medial tieripsiSNRm3
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA3
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal partipsiVTAcp0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral partipsiVTAL-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 middle thirdipsiVTAmit-0.5
Ventral tegmental area rostral partipsiVTAR1
Paranigral nucleusipsiPN1
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR-1
Middle part of the retrorubral fieldipsiRRmi1
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF-1
Parabrachial nucleus ventral partipsiPBV-0.5
Choroidea innervating part of the superior salivatory nucleusipsiCSSN-10
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA1
Lateral hypothalamic area anterior partipsiLHAa1
Lateral hypothalamic area posterior partipsiLHAp0
Tuberal region of lateral hypothalamusipsiTuLH1
Medial zoneipsiMHA0
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group lateral partipsiRRFL3
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group medial partipsiRRFm0
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD1
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiIMD-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus central partipsiMDC-10
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus lateral partipsiMDL-10
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiMDr1
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus middle partipsiMDmi1
Paratenial thalamic nucleusipsiPT-0.5
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV-0.5
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN-0.5
Reticular thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiRtc-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus intermediate partipsiRti-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiRtr-10
Dorsal part of reticular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiRtrD-10
Ventral part of reticular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiRtrVe-10
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC4
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterior divisionipsiBSTP1
Medial globus pallidusipsiMGP1
Ventral pallidumipsiVP4
Ventral pallidum dorsal partipsiVPd3
Ventral pallidum dorsolateral partipsiVPdl2
Ventral pallidum dorsomedial partipsiVPdm2
Ventral pallidum lateral partipsiVPlp2
Ventral pallidum subcommissural partipsiVPsc3
Ventral pallidum ventromedial partipsiVPvm1
Ventral pallidum central partipsiVPce3
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC0.5
Lateral coreipsiAcbCl-0.5
Medial coreipsiAcbCm0.5
Rostral pole of the accumbens nucleusipsiAcbRP0.5
Accumbens nucleus shellipsiAcbSh2
Rostral accumbens shellipsiAcbShr0.5
Caudate putamenipsiCPu-0.5
Ventrolateral striatumipsiCPuvl-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGl1
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC1
Medial agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGm1
Lateral orbital cortexipsiLO1
Ventral orbital cortexipsiVO1

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Ventral tegmental area A10contraVTA1
Locus coeruleuscontraLC1
Medullary reticular nucleuscontraMdD-10
Area postremacontraAP-10
Nucleus of the solitary tractcontraSol-10
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR2
A1 noradrenalin cells C1 adrenaline cellscontraA1/C1-10
Lateral hypothalamic areacontraLH1
Superficial accessory basal nucleuscontraABs0
Basal nucleus magnocellular part rostrocaudal extentcontraBmcrce2
Basal nucleus parvicellular part rostrocaudal extentcontraBpcrc2
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract layer 3contraLOTL32
Entorhinal cortexcontraEnt1.5
Anterior cingulate cortexcontraACC1
Prelimbic cortexcontraPrL1
Prelimbic cortex layer 2contraPrLL2-0.5
Infralimbic cortexcontraIL1.5
Agranular insular cortexcontraAI1.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5contraAIDL51
Agranular insular cortex rostral partcontraRAIC3
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 5contraAIVL50
Dorsal part of the granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to the rostralmost part of S2contradGlrvs20
Medial prefrontal cortexcontramPFC1
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 5contramPFCL51
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 3contramPFCL3-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortex superficial layerscontramPFCsL2.5
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 2contramPFCL20.5
Medial prefrontal cortex ventral partcontramPFCV0.5
Orbital cortexcontraOrC1.5
MesencephalonipsiMEC0.5
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG1
Peduncularpontine nucleus caudal levelsipsiPPNCa1
Posterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiPDTg-0.5
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN3
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC3
Substantia nigra compact part medial tieripsiSNCM2
Substantia nigra medial partipsiSNM2.5
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA3
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal partipsiVTAcp2
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral part of the caudal partipsiVTALcp1
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudomedial partipsiVTACM3
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral nucleiipsiVTALN-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10 lateral partipsiVTAL2
Interfascicular nucleusipsiIF3
Ventral tegmental area A10 ventral part of middle partipsiVTAvmi3
Ventral tegmental area rostral partipsiVTAR1
Ventral tegmental area rostral ventromedial partipsiVTARVM3
Ventral tegmental tailipsiVTTa0.5
Parabrachial pigmented nucleusipsiPBP4
Paranigral nucleusipsiPN3
Caudal linear nucleus of the rapheipsiCLi1
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR2
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg3
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg1
Locus coeruleusipsiLC1
Pericoerulear regionipsiPCR-0.5
Prelocus coeruleus nucleusipsiPLC0.5
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB-0.5
Parabrachial nucleus external divison lateral partipsiPBeDL0.5
Medullary reticular nucleusipsiMdD-10
Area postremaipsiAP-10
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR3
Rostral linear nucleus of the rapheipsiRLi2
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg1
A1 noradrenalin cells C1 adrenaline cellsipsiA1/C1-10
A2 noradrenergic cellsipsiA2-0.5
Substantia innominataipsiSI1
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO1
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA0
Medial preoptic area dorsolateral partipsiMPADL1
HypothalamusipsiHYPO1
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH2
Lateral hypothalamic area medial partipsiLHAm2
Lateral hypothalamic area perifornical partipsiPFx1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiDMDM1
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa-0.5
Paraventricular nucleus ventral partipsiPaVe-0.5
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupipsiRRF-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM3
Central medial thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiCMca-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiCMr1
Central medial thalamic nucleus dorsal partipsiCMd-2
Centre median nucleusipsiCeMe2
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL3
Paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiPC2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus medial partipsiPFM2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus ventral partipsiPFV3
Retroparafascicular nucleusipsiRPF1
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh3
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiIMD3
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN3
Paratenial thalamic nucleusipsiPT2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus anterior partipsiPVA3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiPVca2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus lateral partipsiPVL-0.5
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus posterior partipsiPVP3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus ventral partipsiPVV-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe2
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN-0.5
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiSPF2
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiSPFr0
Tuber cinereum areaipsiTC1
Basal nucleusipsiBnc3
Accessory basal nucleusipsiAB2
Accessory basal nucleus magnocellular divisionipsiABm-1
Accessory basal nucleus midrostrocaudal partipsiABmrcp-0.5
Accessory basal nucleus parvicellular divisionipsiABp0.5
Superficial accessory basal nucleusipsiABs0
Basal nucleus magnocellular partipsiBmc2
Basal nucleus magnocellular part rostrocaudal extentipsiBmcrce3
Basal nucleus parvicellular partipsiBpc-0.5
Basal nucleus parvicellular part rostrocaudal extentipsiBpcrc3
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL3
Anterior basolateral nucleusipsiBLA2
Posterior basolateral nucleusipsiBLP2
Posterior basolateral nucleus parvicellular subdivision caudal partipsiBLPpccp-0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM2
Basomedial nucleus magnocellular division rostral partipsiABmcrp-0.5
Lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLA2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral tipipsiBNSTvt1
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir3
Posterolateral cortical nucleusipsiPLCo2
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract layer 3ipsiLOTL32
Amygdalohippocampal areaipsiAHi3
Anterior part of the claustrumipsiACl1
Medial globus pallidusipsiMGP-0.5
Medial part of rostral globus pallidusipsiGPrm-0.5
Ventral pallidumipsiVP1
Ventral pallidum dorsolateral partipsiVPdl1
Ventral pallidum lateral partipsiVPlp3
Ventromedial subcommissural ventral pallidumipsiVPscvm-0.5
Dorsolateral subcommissural ventral pallidumipsiVPscdL-0.5
Ventral pallidum ventromedial partipsiVPvm1
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC0.5
Dorsal coreipsiAcbCd1
Rostral coreipsiAcbCr-0.5
Ventral coreipsiAcbCv1
Accumbens nucleus shellipsiAcbSh2
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh2
Subthalamic nucleus medial one-thirdipsiSThMot2
HippocampusipsiHIPP3
Field CA1 of hippocampusipsiCA12
SubiculumipsiS3
Subiculum dorsal partipsiSd-0.5
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv4
Pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampusipsiPy2
Entorhinal cortexipsiEnt3
Lateral entorhinal cortexipsiLEnt-0.5
Medial entorhinal cortexipsiMEnt-0.5
Posterior piriform cortexipsiPPIRC2
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC1
Cingulate cortex area 1 caudal partipsiCg1c1
Cingulate cortex area 2 caudal partipsiCg2c1
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL3
Medial precentral prelimbic cortexipsiMPPrL0
Prelimbic cortex anterior partipsiPrLa3
Prelimbic cortex caudal partipsiPrLc3
Prelimbic cortex dorsal partipsiPrLd3
Prelimbic cortex layer 2ipsiPrLL23
Prelimbic cortex layer 3ipsiPrLL3-0.5
Prelimbic cortex layer 5ipsiPrLL53
Prelimbic cortex layer 6ipsiPrLL6-0.5
Prelimbic cortex ventral partipsiPrLv3
Prelimbic cortex posterior partipsiPrLP1
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL3
Infralimbic cortex layer 2ipsiILL2-0.5
Infralimbic cortex layer 5ipsiILL5-0.5
Infralimbic cortex layer 6ipsiILL6-0.5
Posterior infralimbic cortexipsiILP2
Infralimbic cortex anterior partipsiILAn2.5
Ventral limbic areaipsiVLA0.5
Frontal cortex area 2ipsiFr21
Insular cortexipsiICX4
Agranular insular cortexipsiAI4
Agranular insular cortex anterior partipsiAIA3
Dorsal area of the anterior agranular insular cortexipsiDAiA-0.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partipsiAID2
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5ipsiAIDL53
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 6ipsiAIDL62.5
Agranular insular cortex posterior partipsiAIP3
Agranular insular cortex rostral partipsiRAIC3
Agranular insular cortex ventral partipsiAIV-0.5
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 5ipsiAIVL53
Agranular insular cortex middle partipsiAImi1.5
Dysgranular insular cortexipsiDI2
Granular insular cortexipsiGI1
Dorsal part of the granular insular cortex rostroventrally adjacent to the rostralmost part of S2ipsidGlrvs21
Perirhinal cortexipsiA353
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 3 to layer 5ipsiPRhaL3L52
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 5 to layer 6ipsiPRhaL5L64
Perirhinal cortex anterior portion layer 6ipsiPRhaL61
Dorsal peduncular cortexipsiDP0.5
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC1
Prefrontal cortex deep layersipsiPFCLd0.5
Lateral prefrontal cortexipsilPFC-0.5
Primary motor cortex genital areaipsiM1ge1
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC3
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 5ipsimPFCL52
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 3ipsimPFCL32
Medial prefrontal cortex superficial layersipsimPFCsL3
Medial prefrontal cortex layer 2ipsimPFCL22
Medial prefrontal cortex ventral partipsimPFCV1
Medial agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGm1
Orbital cortexipsiOrC3
Dorsolateral orbital cortexipsiDLO0
Lateral orbital cortexipsiLO1
Medial orbital cortexipsiMO-0.5
Ventral orbital cortexipsiVO3
Ventrolateral orbital areaipsiVLO3
Ventromedial orbital cortexipsiOrCvm-0.5
Orbitomedial prefrontal cortexipsiOMPFC3
Lateral orbitofrontal cortexipsiLOFC1
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS3
Lateral septal nucleus dorsal partipsiLSD3
Lateral septal nucleus intermediate partipsiLSI2
Trachea sideipsiOrgsTras2

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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