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Ventral striatum right


Abbreviation
CPuv
Color       
Superior regionsCaudate putamen

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Ventral striatal sectorVStr 
Olfactory tubercle sector  
Caudate putamen ventral part  
Striatal parts of olfactory tubercle  
Caudate putamen ventral  
Ventral portion of the caudoputamen nucleus Eng
Ventralmost striatum Eng
Limbic striatum Eng
Ventral caudate putamen Eng
Ventral striatumCPuvEng
Ventral neostriatum Eng
Ventral limbic striatum Eng

SubregionsSide
Central part of the ventral caudate putamenright
Rostrocaudal part of the ventral caudate putamenright
Ventral margin of caudatoputamenright
Ventral ridge of caudate putamenright
Ventral striatum caudal partright
Ventral striatum medial partright
Ventral striatum rostral partright
Ventral striatum patchright
Ventral striatum matrixright
Ventralmost tier of caudate putamen extending from the lateral ventricle to external capsule right
Ventroanterior striatumright
Ventrocaudal striatumright
Ventrolateral striatumright
Ventromedial caudate putamen bordering globus pallidusright
Ventromedial striatumright
Ventral pocket of striatumright
Marginal division of the ventral striatumright

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
MesencephalonipsiMEC1
Central gray mesencephalic partipsiCGM-2
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG3
Superior colliculus rostral partipsirSC1
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN2
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC3
Substantia nigra compact part ventral tieripsiSNCV2
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL2
Substantia nigra medial partipsiSNM-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR3
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsomedial tieripsiSNRDM2
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA2
Ventral tegmental area A10 caudal two-thirdsipsiVTAcptt2
Peripeduncular nucleusipsiPP1.5
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR-0.5
Middle part of the retrorubral fieldipsiRRmi0
Bulbar locomotor regionipsiBLR-0.5
Peribrachial regionipsiPBR2
Cuneiforme nucleusipsiCnF2
Basal forebrainipsiBAF-0.5
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB1
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH2
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupipsiRRF3
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group caudal partipsiRRFC2
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group lateral partipsiRRFL3
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group medial partipsiRRFm0
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL1
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF1
Lateral group of the dorsal thalamusipsiLAT2
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD-3
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus central partipsiMDC0
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus medial partipsiMDM0
Ventromedial thalamic nucleusipsiVM1
Posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleusipsiPIL1.5
Ventral thalamusipsiVNT-0.5
Zona incertaipsiZI2
Optic tractipsiopt2
Pineal glandipsiPi-2
Internal capsuleipsiic2
Medial lemniscusipsiml-0.5
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC1
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis caudal part caudoventral regionipsiBSTCacv1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis caudal part perifornical regionipsiBSTCapf1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis rostral partipsiBSTro-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe-0.5
Cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiCAn-0.5
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe-0.5
ClaustrumipsiCl0
Globus pallidusipsiGP2
Medial globus pallidusipsiMGP2
Medial globus pallidus ventral partipsiMGPv1.5
Ventral pallidumipsiVP2
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh2
Parasubthalamic nucleusipsiPSTh1
Subthalamic nucleus middle partipsiSThm0.5
Subthalamic nucleus ventromedial partipsiSThvm-0.5
NeocortexipsiNEOCX-0.5
Temporoparietal cortexipsiTPcx-0.5
Medial geniculate nucleusipsiMG1.5
Interpeduncular nucleus rostral subnucleus central partipsiIPRce0

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Dorsal raphe nucleus rostral partcontraDRr2.5
Basolateral nucleus rostral partcontraBLRP0.5
Prelimbic cortexcontraPrL1.5
Infralimbic cortexcontraIL1.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partcontraAID0.5
Agranular insular cortex ventral partcontraAIV-1
Dorsal peduncular cortexcontraDP-1
Ventral peduncular cortexcontraPCv-1
Medial orbital cortexcontraMO0.5
Ventrolateral orbital areacontraVLO-1
Ventrolateral orbital area medial partcontraVLOm0.5
Spinal cord layers C1contraSCLC12
Spinal cord layers C2contraSCLC22
Spinal cord layers C3contraSCLC31
Spinal cord layers C4contraSCLC41
Spinal cord layers C5contraSCLC51
Spinal cord layers C6contraSCLC61
Spinal cord layers C7contraSCLC71
Spinal cord layers C8contraSCLC81
Spinal cord layers T1contraSCLT11
MesencephalonipsiMEC3
Ventral peripeduncular periaqueductal grayipsiVPPAG-0.5
Peduncularpontine nucleus caudal levelsipsiPPNCa-10
Substantia nigra caudal partipsiSNcp2
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC-0.5
Substantia nigra compact part dorsal tieripsiSNCD2
Substantia nigra compact part dorsal tier medial divisionipsiSNCDm-0.5
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL2
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsal tieripsiSNRD-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part ventral subdivisionipsiSNRv-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA-0.5
Peripeduncular nucleusipsiPP-0.5
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR3
Locus coeruleusipsiLC2
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF2
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR2.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsomedial subdivisionipsiDRdm2.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus rostral partipsiDRr3
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR-0.5
A1 noradrenergic cellsipsiA1-0.5
A2 noradrenergic cellsipsiA2-0.5
Endopiriform systemipsiEnN-0.5
Substantia innominataipsiSI1.5
Substantia innominata dorsal partipsiSID1
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupipsiRRF3
ThalamusipsiT-0.5
Interoanteromedial thalamic nucleusipsiIAM3
Intralaminar nuclei of the dorsal thalamusipsiILM-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiCMr2
Central medial thalamic nucleus ventrolateral partipsiCMVL-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleus medial partipsiCMm3
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL-0.5
Paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiPC-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus lateral partipsiPFL-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus medial partipsiPFM3
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus ventral partipsiPFV-0.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus ventrolateral partipsiPFvl1
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus dorsocaudal partipsiPFdc-0.5
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh1
Posterior thalamic nuclear groupipsiPo-0.5
Suprageniculate thalamic nucleusipsiSG-0.5
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiIMD2
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus caudal poleipsiMDCaP3
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN2
Paratenial thalamic nucleusipsiPT2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus anterior partipsiPVA-1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus posterior partipsiPVP3
Dorsal retroreuniens areaipsiRREd-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe1
Ventral posterior thalamic complexipsiVPT-1
Ventral posterior thalamic nucleus parvicellular partipsiVPPC3
Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus parvicellular partipsiVPMpc-0.5
Rostral part of the ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus parvicellular partipsiVPMpcr-0.5
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN2
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleusipsiLP-0.5
Caudal part of the oval paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiCOPC-0.5
External capsuleipsiec-2
Ventral most portion of the external capsuleipsivmec-2
Ventral most portion of the external capsule at midlevels of the amygdalaipsivmecmi-0.5
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC-0.5
Basal nucleusipsiBnc-0.5
Accessory basal nucleus magnocellular divisionipsiABm-1
Accessory basal nucleus parvicellular divisionipsiABp0.5
Basal nucleus magnocellular partipsiBmc2
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL3
Anterior basolateral nucleusipsiBLA-0.5
Basolateral nucleus rostral partipsiBLRP2
Posterior basolateral nucleus caudal partipsiBLPc-0.5
Ventral basolateral nucleusipsiBLV-0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus midlevelsipsiBLmi-0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM-0.5
Anterior basomedial nucleus rostral partipsiBMAr-0.5
Posterior basomedial nucleus caudal partipsiBMPc-0.5
Posterior basomedial nucleus midlevelsipsiBMPmi-0.5
Caudal basal amygdaloid nucleusipsiBncc-3
Lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLA-0.5
Lateral nucleus caudal partipsiLAcap1
Middle portion of the lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLAmi1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral divisionipsiBSTL-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus rostral partipsiCerp-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus ventral partipsiCeV-0.5
Cortex amygdala transition zoneipsiCxA-3
Olfactory amygdalaipsiOA2
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir-1
Cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiCAn-0.5
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo-0.5
Posterolateral cortical nucleusipsiPLCo2
Posterolateral cortical nucleus midlevelsipsiPLComi-0.5
Posterolateral cortical nucleus caudal partipsiPLCoc-0.5
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tractipsiLOT-0.5
Periamygdaloid complexipsiPAC-3
Medial amygdaloid nucleus rostral partipsiMeRo-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus midlevelsipsiMemi1
Amygdalohippocampal areaipsiAHi-0.5
Intercalated massesipsiIM-0.5
Intercalated nuclei of the amygdala rostral partipsiIro-0.5
Globus pallidusipsiGP-0.5
Ventral pallidumipsiVP2
Ventral pallidum dorsolateral partipsiVPdl-0.5
Ventral pallidum lateral partipsiVPlp2
Ventral pallidum medial partipsiVPm2
Rostral coreipsiAcbCr-0.5
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh3
Cerebral cortexipsiCEC-0.5
HippocampusipsiHIPP-0.5
Field CA1 of hippocampusipsiCA1-3
Field CA1 of hippocampus layer stratum pyramidaleipsiCA1pyr-0.5
SubiculumipsiS-3
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv-0.5
Entorhinal cortexipsiEnt-0.5
Lateral entorhinal cortexipsiLEnt2
Piriform cortexipsiPir3
Prepiriform cortexipsiPRPIR-0.5
Ventromedial piriform cortexipsiPirVM1
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 1 caudal partipsiCg1c0.5
Cingulate cortex area 2 caudal partipsiCg2c0.5
Cingulate cortex area 3 vasoregulatory regionipsiCg3vr-0.5
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL3
Prelimbic cortex dorsal partipsiPrLd0.5
Prelimbic cortex layer 5ipsiPrLL53
Prelimbic cortex rostral partipsiPrLr-0.5
Prelimbic cortex ventral partipsiPrLv1.5
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL2.5
Frontal cortex area 2ipsiFr20.5
Parietal association cortex layer 5ipsiParPLa53
Temporal association area 3ipsiTe33
Temporal association area 3 anterior partipsiTe3A2
Temporal association cortex 1ipsiTeA-3
Temporal cortex layer 5ipsiTELaL53
Agranular insular cortexipsiAI-0.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partipsiAID1.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 5ipsiAIDL52.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part layer 6ipsiAIDL62.5
Agranular insular cortex ventral partipsiAIV-1
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 3ipsiAIVL32
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 5ipsiAIVL52
Agranular insular cortex ventral part layer 6ipsiAIVL62
Perirhinal cortexipsiA35-0.5
Dorsal peduncular cortexipsiDP-1
Ventral peduncular cortexipsiPCv-1
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC-0.5
Lateral prefrontal cortexipsilPFC-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGm0
Medial agranular cortex close to the cingulate cortexipsimPFCcCg0
Posteromedial barrel subfield C2 rostral partipsiPMBSFC2r3
Posteromedial barrel subfield D1 rostral partipsiPMBSFD1r3
Posteromedial barrel subfield D2 rostral partipsiPMBSFD2r3
Rostral part of the posteromedial barrel subfield D5ipsiPMBSFD5r3
Ventral prefrontal cortexipsiVPFC-0.5
Visual regions layer 5ipsiVRL53
Medial orbital cortexipsiMO0.5
Ventrolateral orbital areaipsiVLO-1
Ventrolateral orbital area medial partipsiVLOm0.5
Ventral cortical areaipsiNEOCXv-0.5
Medial geniculate nucleusipsiMG2
Medial geniculate nucleus dorsal partipsiMGD-1
Medial geniculate nucleus dorsal part medial subdivisionipsiMGDm-1
Spinal cord layers C1ipsiSCLC12
Spinal cord layers C2ipsiSCLC22
Spinal cord layers C3ipsiSCLC31
Spinal cord layers C4ipsiSCLC41
Spinal cord layers C5ipsiSCLC51
Spinal cord layers C6ipsiSCLC61
Spinal cord layers C7ipsiSCLC71
Spinal cord layers C8ipsiSCLC81
Spinal cord layers T1ipsiSCLT11

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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