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Whiskers motor cortex right

Abbreviation	WMCx
Color
Superior regions	Orofacial motor cortex

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Whiskers motor cortex	WMCx
Vibrissal area of the primary motor cortex	vM1	Eng
Vibrissae cortex		Eng
Vibrissae motor cortex		Eng
Vibrissal motor cortex	VMCx	Eng
Whiskers motor area	WMA	Eng
Whisker representation area of the motor cortex

Subregions	Side
Contralateral vibrissae movement	right
Ipsilateral vibrissae movement	right
Whisker motor cortex subfields	right
Whiskers motor cortex layers	right
Caudal whisker motor area	right
Rostral whisker motor area	right
Rhythmic whisker area of prmary motor cortex	right
Retraction area in the primary motor whisker region	right

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Peripeduncular nucleus ventral part	contra	PPv	1
Pons	contra	P	-0.5
Pontine nucleus medial part	contra	BPNm	1
Pontine nucleus ventral part	contra	BPNv	1
Reticular system	contra	RF	3
Medulla oblongata	contra	MeOb	-0.5
Facial nucleus	contra	7	-0.5
Facial nucleus lateral subnucleus	contra	7L	-0.5
Nuclei of the trigeminal complex	contra	N5S	-0.5
Thalamus	contra	T	-0.5
External capsule	contra	ec	-0.5
Claustrum	contra	Cl	-0.5
Dorsomedial striatum	contra	CPudm	1
Lateral striatum	contra	CPul	-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	contra	AGm	0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex	contra	S1	2
Periaqueductal gray	ipsi	PAG	3
Superior colliculus	ipsi	SC	2
Superior colliculus intermediate and deep layers	ipsi	SCidLa	3
Superior colliculus deep layers	ipsi	SCd	3
Substantia nigra reticular part	ipsi	SNR	3
Peripeduncular nucleus ventral part	ipsi	PPv	3
Pontine nuclei rostral part	ipsi	BPNr	-0.5
Pontine nucleus medial part	ipsi	BPNm	3
Pontine nucleus ventral part	ipsi	BPNv	3
Intermediate reticular nucleus	ipsi	IRt	-0.5
Mesencephalic reticular formation	ipsi	MRF	3
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus	ipsi	Gi	-0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleus	ipsi	PCRt	-0.5
Facial nucleus	ipsi	7	-0.5
Facial nucleus lateral subnucleus	ipsi	7L	3
Spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolar part	ipsi	Sp5I	0
Thalamus	ipsi	T	3
Claustrum	ipsi	Cl	-0.5
Dorsomedial striatum	ipsi	CPudm	2
Lateral striatum	ipsi	CPul	-0.5
Rostral forelimb motor area	ipsi	RFMA	-0.5
Rostral whisker motor area	ipsi	RWMA	3
Medial agranular prefrontal cortex	ipsi	AGm	0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	1

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Locus coeruleus pars principalis	contra	LCpp	1
Locus coeruleus pars principalis ventral portion	contra	LCppv	1
Central medial thalamic nucleus	contra	CM	-0.5
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	contra	CL	-0.5
Paracentral thalamic nucleus	contra	PC	-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	contra	MD	-0.5
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	contra	VL	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	contra	AGl	-10
Whiskers motor cortex layer 5	contra	WMCxL5	3
Whiskers motor cortex layer 6	contra	WMCxL6	3
Locus coeruleus	ipsi	LC	3
Locus coeruleus ventral portion of the rostral pole	ipsi	LCVRo	2
Locus coeruleus ventral part	ipsi	LCv	2
Locus coeruleus pars principalis	ipsi	LCpp	2
Subcoeruleus nucleus	ipsi	SubC	1
Dorsal raphe nucleus	ipsi	DR	3
Thalamus	ipsi	T	-0.5
Central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CM	-0.5
Centrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CL	-0.5
Paracentral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PC	-0.5
Posterior thalamic nuclear group medial part	ipsi	PoMe	-0.5
Posterior thalamic nuclear group ventromedial part	ipsi	Povm	-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	MD	2
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VL	-0.5
Ventrolateral thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	VLC	2
Ventrobasal complex	ipsi	VB	-0.5
Ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VPL	-0.5
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VM	-0.5
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus caudal part	ipsi	VMc	2
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	VMR	2
Posteromedian thalamic nucleus	ipsi	PoMn	-0.5
Whiskers motor cortex layer 2	ipsi	WMCxL2	0
Whiskers motor cortex layer 3	ipsi	WMCxL3	0
Primary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S1	2
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field	ipsi	S1BF	3
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field supragranular layers	ipsi	S1BFsgLa	3
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 1	ipsi	S1BF1	2
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 2	ipsi	S1BF2	1
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 3	ipsi	S1BF3	1
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 4	ipsi	S1BF4	1
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field deep layers	ipsi	S1BFd	3
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 5	ipsi	S1BF5	3
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 5a	ipsi	S1BF5a	4
Primary somatosensory cortex barrel field layer 6	ipsi	S1BF6	2
Secondary somatosensory cortex	ipsi	S2	3
Septal region of the primary somatosensory cortex layer 4	ipsi	SSRL4	2

Key for weights

Value	Weight
-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