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Ventral periaqueductal gray left


Abbreviation
VPAG
Color       
Superior regionsPeriaqueductal gray

SynonymsAbbr.Language
 PAGv 
Ventral periaqueductal grayVPAGEng
Ventral part of the periaqueductal gray Eng
Ventral part of the mesencephalic periaqueductal gray Eng
Nucleus periaqueductus ventralis mesencephali Eng
Nucleus periaqueductus ventralis tegmentalis Lat

SubregionsSide
Lateral ventral periaqueductal grayleft
Ventral periaqueductal gray caudal levelleft
Ventral periaqueductal gray columnsleft
Ventral periaqueductal gray middle levelleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Central grayipsiCG-2
Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculusipsiRI1
Dorsolateral periaqueductal grayipsiDLPAG1
Periventricular gray matteripsiPVG2
Central tegmental fieldipsiTGAC-2
Ventral tegmental area rostral ventromedial partipsiVTARVM-0.5
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg3
A5 noradrenaline cellsipsiA51
Locus coeruleusipsiLC1
Pericoerulear regionipsiPCR1
Ventral lateral region of the dorsal ponsipsiVLPdo2
Prepositus nucleusipsiPr1
Medial reticular formation dorsal partipsiRFmD1
Deep mesencephalic nucleus intermediateipsiDpMei2
Deep mesencephalic nucleus lateral partipsiDpMeL2
Deep mesencephalic nucleus medial partipsiDpMeM2
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN1
Parabrachial nucleusipsiPB1
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi3
Lateral reticular nucleusipsiLRt1
Lateral reticular nucleus lateral partipsiLRtL1
Medullary reticular nucleusipsiMdD1
Ambiguus nucleusipsiAmb1
Facial nucleusipsi71
Hypoglossal nucleusipsi12S1
Juxtatrigeminal areaipsiJx51
Motor trigeminal nucleusipsiMo51
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus ventrolateral partipsiPr5VL1
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part layer 3ipsiSp5CaL31
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part layer 1ipsiSp5CaL11
Spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolar partipsiSp5I1
Spinal trigeminal nucleus oral partipsiSp5O1
Vestibular nucleiipsiVnc1
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol1
Raphe nucleiipsiRAN1
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR3
Ventral part of the central dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDRvcep3
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg1
Cuneate nucleusipsiCu-0.5
Inferior oliveipsiIO-0.5
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleusipsiLPGi1
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleus rostroventral partipsiPGiRV1
Rostral ventral medulla oblongataipsiRVMeO2
Sympathoexitatory area rostral to ventrolateral medulla ipsiMeObSe1
Basal forebrainipsiBAF-0.5
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandipsiHDB-0.5
Substantia innominataipsiSI2
Ventrolateral preoptic nucleusipsiVLPO2
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH1
Lateral hypothalamic area perifornical partipsiPFx3
Medial division of the hypothalamusipsiMdH1
Anterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiAHn1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM1.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPH1.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH1.5
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa0
Lateral mammillary nucleusipsiLM0
Medial mammillary nucleusipsiMMn1
Supramammillar nucleus lateral partipsiSuML1.5
Supramammillar nucleus medial partipsiSuMM1
A11 dopamine cellsipsiA11-0.5
Anterior group of the dorsal thalamusipsiATN-0.5
Anterodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiAD-0.5
Anteromedial thalamic nucleusipsiAM0
Anteroventral thalamic nucleusipsiAV0
Intralaminar nuclei of the dorsal thalamusipsiILM2
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM3
Centre median nucleusipsiCeMe0
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL3
Paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiPC1.5
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF3
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh1.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD2
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus lateral partipsiMDL1.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus medial partipsiMDM3
Submedius thalamic nucleusipsiSub2
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN2
Paratenial thalamic nucleusipsiPT2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV1.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe2
Subfascicular nucleusipsiSFN1.5
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiVL0
Ventrobasal complexipsiVB-0.5
Ventromedial thalamic nucleusipsiVM0
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN-0.5
Intralaminar nuclei anterior partipsiILNA-0.5
Posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleusipsiPIL-0.5
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleusipsiLP1.5
Laterodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiLD0
Posteromedial thalamic nucleusipsiPMTN1.5
Reticular thalamic nucleusipsiRt0
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiSPF0
Zona incertaipsiZI1
Forel field H1ipsiFFH11.5
Forel field H2ipsiFFH21
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb1
Medial habenular nucleusipsiMHb0
Pretectal regionipsiPRT1.5
Medial forebrain bundleipsimfb-2
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC-0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL-0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM-0.5
Lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLA-1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe3
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL-1
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisionipsiCeM-1
Caudate putamenipsiCPu-1
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh1.5
Parasubthalamic nucleusipsiPSTh3
Cerebral cortexipsiCEC1
HippocampusipsiHIPP-0.5
Piriform cortexipsiPir-0.5
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL-0.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part superficial layersipsiAIDsL3
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC1
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC1
Anterior medial frontal cortexipsiAMFC2
Ventrolateral orbital areaipsiVLO-0.5
Ventrolateral orbital area posterior partipsiVLOp2
Nucleus of the posterior commissureipsiPCom1.5
Dorsal geniculate nucleus lateral partipsiDLGl0
Intergeniculate leafipsiIGL1.5
Ventral lateral geniculate nucleusipsiVLG1
Medial geniculate nucleusipsiMG0
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS-0.5
Spinal cordipsiMES1
Cervical segmentsipsiCSeg-0.5
Cervical segment 7ipsiCS73
Cervical segment 8ipsiCS83
Lumbar segment 2ipsiL21.5
Lumbar segment 3ipsiL31.5
Ventral tegmental area rostral ventromedial partcontraVTARVM-0.5
A5 noradrenaline cellscontraA51
Locus coeruleuscontraLC0.5
Pericoerulear regioncontraPCR0.5
Prepositus nucleuscontraPr0.5
Medial reticular formation dorsal partcontraRFmD0.5
Pontine reticular nucleuscontraPRN0.5
Parabrachial nucleuscontraPB0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraGi2
Lateral reticular nucleuscontraLRt0.5
Lateral reticular nucleus lateral partcontraLRtL0.5
Medullary reticular nucleuscontraMdD0.5
Ambiguus nucleuscontraAmb0.5
Facial nucleuscontra70.5
Hypoglossal nucleuscontra12S0.5
Juxtatrigeminal areacontraJx50.5
Motor trigeminal nucleuscontraMo50.5
Principal sensory trigeminal nucleus ventrolateral partcontraPr5VL0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part layer 3contraSp5CaL30.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus caudal part layer 1contraSp5CaL10.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolar partcontraSp5I0.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleus oral partcontraSp5O0.5
Vestibular nucleicontraVnc0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tractcontraSol0.5
Raphe nucleicontraRAN0.5
Raphe magnus nucleuscontraRMg0.5
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleuscontraLPGi1
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleus rostroventral partcontraPGiRV0.5
Rostral ventral medulla oblongatacontraRVMeO3
Anterior group of the dorsal thalamuscontraATN-0.5
Anterodorsal thalamic nucleuscontraAD-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleuscontraCM3
Parafascicular thalamic nucleuscontraPF0.5
Ventrobasal complexcontraVB-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleuscontraCe1
Intergeniculate leafcontraIGL1.5
Corpus cavernosumipsiOrgCC1

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Middle cerebral arteryipsimcer-0.5
MesencephalonipsiMEC-0.5
Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculusipsiRI0
Periventricular gray matteripsiPVG2
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA1
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg-0.5
Medial cerebellar nucleusipsiMed1
A5 noradrenaline cellsipsiA5-0.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC-0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus ventral partipsiPnV-0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partipsiPNC-0.5
Cuneiforme nucleus caudal partipsiCnFc1
Cuneiforme nucleus rostral partipsiCnFro0.5
Koelliker Fuse nucleusipsiKF3
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB1
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe2
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus alpha partipsiGiA-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus ventral partipsiGiV-0.5
Medulla oblongataipsiMeOb-0.5
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR-0.5
Pontine raphe nucleusipsiPnR-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg-0.5
Raphe obscurus nucleusipsiROb-0.5
Raphe pallidus nucleusipsiRPa-0.5
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiPGi-0.5
Caudal part of the paragigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiCPGi3
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB-0.5
Substantia innominataipsiSI-0.5
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA3
Medial preoptic area central partipsiMPAce1
Medial preoptic area lateral partipsiMPAL1
Medial preoptic area medial partipsiMPAm1
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO3
Median preoptic nucleusipsiMnPO3
Ventrolateral preoptic nucleusipsiVLPO3
Dorsolateral preoptic regionipsiPREOdL-0.5
HypothalamusipsiHYPO-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy-0.5
Lateral zoneipsiLHA-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area perifornical partipsiPFx3
Posterolateral hypothalamusipsiPLHY1
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiAHn-0.5
Dorsal hypothalamic nucleusipsiDo-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM0
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPH-0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiVMHDM3
Rostral extent of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiVMHDMr3
Nucleus paraventricularis [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaPAR-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa1
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]ipsiSO-0.5
Lateral mammillary nucleusipsiLM0
Medial mammillary nucleusipsiMMn0
Supramammillar nucleus lateral partipsiSuML0
Supramammillar nucleus medial partipsiSuMM0
ThalamusipsiT-0.5
Subfascicular nucleusipsiSFN0
Zona incertaipsiZI0
Nucleus of the fields of ForelipsiF1
Forel field H1ipsiFFH10
Forel field H2ipsiFFH20
Rostral portion of the zona incerta medial partipsiZImR2
HabenulaipsiHAB0
Lateral habenular nucleus lateral partipsiLHbL2
Lateral habenular nucleus medial partipsiLHbM1
Medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tractipsiMT1
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis fusiform partipsiFu-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe1
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL1
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisionipsiCeM2
Septohippocampal nucleusipsiSHi1
Anterior cingulate cortex layer 5ipsiACCL52
NeocortexipsiNEOCX-0.5
Frontal cortex area 2 layer 5ipsiFr2L52
Frontal polar cortexipsiFP2.5
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partipsiAID2
Agranular insular cortex ventral partipsiAIV1
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC-0.5
Orbital cortexipsiOrC2.5
Lateral orbital cortexipsiLO2
Nucleus of the posterior commissureipsiPCom2
Intergeniculate leafipsiIGL0
Lateral septal nucleus ventral partipsiLSV1
Ventrolateral quadrant of the spinal cordipsiMESVLq-0.5
Interstitial nucleus of CajalcontraInC1
Interposed cerebellar nuclei caudal partcontraICNC3
Posterior interposed nucleuscontraCERpin1
Rostrocaudal extent of the interposed complexcontraICNrc1
Lateral cerebellar nucleus ventral partcontraCERLV1
Rostral half of the ventral lateral cerebellar nucleuscontraCERLVr1
Medial cerebellar nucleuscontraMed3
A5 noradrenaline cellscontraA5-0.5
Cuneiforme nucleus caudal partcontraCnFc0.5
Cuneiforme nucleus rostral partcontraCnFro0.5
Superior vestibular nucleuscontraSuVe1
Infracerebellar nucleuscontraInf3
Medial preoptic areacontraMPA1
Medial preoptic nucleuscontraMPO1
Median preoptic nucleuscontraMnPO1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraVMH-0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partcontraVMHDM-0.5
Rostral extent of the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partcontraVMHDMr-0.5
Frontal polar cortexcontraFP1
Agranular insular cortex dorsal partcontraAID1
Agranular insular cortex ventral partcontraAIV1
Lateral orbital cortexcontraLO1
Ventrolateral quadrant of the spinal cordcontraMESVLq-0.5

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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