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Medulla oblongata left

Abbreviation	MeOb
Color
Superior regions	Myelencephalon

Synonyms	Abbr.	Language
Bulb
Caudal part of brain stem		Eng
Bulb region		Eng
Supraspinal region		Eng
Medulla oblongata	MeOb	Eng

Subregions	Side
Adrenaline cell group	left
Ambiguus nucleus	left
Area postrema	left
Between the fiber bundles of the pyramidal decussation	left
Boetzinger complex	left
Brain nerves	left
Brain stem premotor cell groups	left
Caudal medulla oblongata	left
Commissural nucleus of X	left
Decussation of the predorsal bundle	left
Dorsal acoustic stria	left
Dorsal column nuclei	left
Dorsal medulla oblongata	left
Dorsomedial medullary region oblongata	left
Dorsomedial nucleus of Astoem	left
Dorsomedial rostral medulla oblongata	left
Epifascicular nucleus	left
External cuneate nucleus	left
Infracerebellar nucleus	left
Intercalated nucleus of the medulla	left
Intermediate nucleus of the medulla	left
Intermediate zone between the nucleus ambiguus and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus	left
Internal arcuate fibers	left
Interstitial nucleus of the medulla oblongata	left
Linear nucleus of the medulla	left
Matrix region of the medulla	left
Median accessory nucleus of the medulla	left
Medulla oblongata dorsal part	left
Medulla oblongata dorsomedial part	left
Medulla oblongata lateral part	left
Medulla oblongata rostral part	left
Medullary pyramid	left
Motor nuclei of cranial nerves	left
Nucleus interfascicularis hypoglossi	left
Nucleus of Roller	left
Nucleus X	left
Nucleus Z	left
Obex	left
Olivary nucleus	left
Paraambiguus nucleus	left
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleus	left
Pre Boetzinger complex	left
Predorsal bundle	left
Retroambiguus nucleus	left
Retrofacial nucleus	left
Retrotrapezoid nucleus	left
Rostral ventral respiratory group	left
Rostromedial medulla oblongata	left
Salivatory system	left
Subependymal zone of the medulla oblongata	left
Subpostrema area	left
Subretrofacial nucleus	left
Substantia grisea centralis of the medulla oblongata	left
Supraspinal nucleus	left
Surface of the medulla oblongata	left
Transition zone spinal cord medulla oblongata	left
Ventral medulla oblongata	left
Ventromedial medulla oblongata	left
Medulla oblongata rostroventral	left
Ventralmost border of the medulla oblongata	left
Ventral vicinity of the retrofacial nucleus	left
Rostrocaudal extent of the medulla	left
Between motor nucleus of vagus and nucleus of the solitary tract	left
Middle medulla oblongata	left
Vagocolitary complex	left
Medulla oblongata medial part	left
Along the border between the nucleus of the solitary tract and the nucleus nervi vagi	left
Medullary motor nuclei	left
Sympathoexitatory area rostral to ventrolateral medulla	left
Rostrodorsal medulla oblongata	left
Stapedius motoneurons	left
Ventromedial medulla	left
Sympathetic premotor neurons of the medulla oblongata	left
Compact interfascicular nucleus	left
Nucleus interstitialis striae medullaris	left
Cerebrospinal fluid-containing nucleus	left

Output to

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Lateroventral part of the central gray	ipsi	CGLV	-0.5
Dorsal periaqueductal gray	ipsi	DPAG	-0.5
Lateral periaqueductal gray	ipsi	LPAG	-0.5
Periaqueductal gray medial part	ipsi	PAGm	-0.5
Ventral periaqueductal gray	ipsi	VPAG	-0.5
Cerebellum	ipsi	CERE	3
Locus coeruleus	ipsi	LC	-0.5
Pontine reticular nucleus	ipsi	PRN	-0.5
Parabrachial nucleus	ipsi	PB	1
Lateral parabrachial nucleus	ipsi	LPB	-0.5
Hypoglossal nucleus	ipsi	12S	-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract central part	ipsi	SolCe	-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract commissural part	ipsi	SolC	-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract intermediate part	ipsi	SolIM	0.5
Parasolitary nucleus	ipsi	PSol	0.5
Dorsal motor nucleus of vagus	ipsi	10	3
Caudal ventrolateral medulla lateral part	ipsi	CVLMl	3
Gracile nucleus principal part	ipsi	Gr	0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	ipsi	Pa	-0.5
Retrochiasmatic area	ipsi	RCh	0
Central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CM	-0.5
Midline in the central medial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	CMmi	-0.5
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	MD	-0.5
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleus	ipsi	IMD	-0.5
Ventral posterolateral thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VPL	3
Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus	ipsi	VPM	3
Forelimb motor cortex	ipsi	FMCx	-2
Caudal forelimb motor area	ipsi	CFMA	-2
Lateral part of the granular cortex of forelimb motor regions	ipsi	LFMCx	-2
Cervical segments	ipsi	CSeg	3
Thoracal segment 1	ipsi	T1	3
Intermediolateral cell column T1	ipsi	IMLT1	-0.5
Thoracal segment 2	ipsi	T2	3
Intermediolateral cell column T2	ipsi	IMLT2	-0.5
Thoracal segment 3	ipsi	T3	3
Intermediolateral cell column T3	ipsi	IMLT3	-0.5
Thoracal segment 4	ipsi	T4	3
Intermediolateral cell column T4	ipsi	IMLT4	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T5	ipsi	IMLT5	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T6	ipsi	IMLT6	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T7	ipsi	IMLT7	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T8	ipsi	IMLT8	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T9	ipsi	IMLT9	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T10	ipsi	IMLT10	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T11	ipsi	IMLT11	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T12	ipsi	IMLT12	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T13	ipsi	IMLT13	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L1	ipsi	IMLL1	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L2	ipsi	IMLL2	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L3	ipsi	IMLL3	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L4	ipsi	IMLL4	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L5	ipsi	IMLL5	-0.5
Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus lumbal segment 5	ipsi	BCL5	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L6	ipsi	IMLL6	-0.5
Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus lumbal segment 6	ipsi	BCL6	-0.5
Ventral horn of spinal cord	ipsi	VHMES	1
Nucleus of the solitary tract central part	contra	SolCe	-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract commissural part	contra	SolC	-0.5
Caudal ventrolateral medulla lateral part	contra	CVLMl	3
Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus	contra	VPM	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T1	contra	IMLT1	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T2	contra	IMLT2	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T3	contra	IMLT3	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T4	contra	IMLT4	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T5	contra	IMLT5	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T6	contra	IMLT6	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T7	contra	IMLT7	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T8	contra	IMLT8	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T9	contra	IMLT9	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T10	contra	IMLT10	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T11	contra	IMLT11	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T12	contra	IMLT12	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column T13	contra	IMLT13	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L1	contra	IMLL1	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L2	contra	IMLL2	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L3	contra	IMLL3	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L4	contra	IMLL4	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L5	contra	IMLL5	-0.5
Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus lumbal segment 5	contra	BCL5	-0.5
Intermediolateral cell column L6	contra	IMLL6	-0.5
Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus lumbal segment 6	contra	BCL6	-0.5
Pericardium	ipsi	OrgsPeric	-0.5
Outer surface of pericardium	ipsi	OrgsOSPeric	0
Surface of the heart	ipsi	OrgsCorS	0
Cervical oesophagus	ipsi	OrgsOesC	1
Stomach	ipsi	OrgsStomS	2
Gastric fundus	ipsi	OrgsStomFu	2
Stomach wall	ipsi	OrgsStomWS	-0.5
Stomach	contra	OrgsStomS	2
Gastric fundus	contra	OrgsStomFu	-0.5
Tail skin	ipsi	OrgBSTail	-10
Interscapular brown fat tissue	ipsi	OrgisBFT	-10
Sternomastoid muscle	ipsi	MuscST	-0.5
Thoracic cavity	ipsi	OrgTho	0
Testis	ipsi	OrgTest	-10
Abdominal cavity	ipsi	ORGabdc	0

Input from

Name	Side	Abbr.	Weight
Central gray	ipsi	CG	2
Periaqueductal gray	ipsi	PAG	-0.5
Lateral periaqueductal gray	ipsi	LPAG	-0.5
Periaqueductal gray rostrolateral part	ipsi	PAGRL	0.5
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray	ipsi	VLPAG	-1
Superior colliculus intermediate and deep layers	ipsi	SCidLa	-0.5
Substantia nigra reticular part caudal tier	ipsi	SNRca	2
Medial cerebellar nucleus	ipsi	Med	1
Locus coeruleus	ipsi	LC	-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus	ipsi	Gi	-0.5
Lateral reticular nucleus	ipsi	LRt	1
Area postrema	ipsi	AP	-0.5
Hypoglossal nucleus	ipsi	12S	-0.5
Medial vestibular nucleus	ipsi	MVe	2
Lateral vestibular nucleus	ipsi	LVe	-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract	ipsi	Sol	2
Nucleus of the solitary tract intermediate part	ipsi	SolIM	3
Nucleus of the solitary tract interstitial part	ipsi	Soli	3
Medial part of the lateral subnucleus of the solitary tract	ipsi	SolLMe	3
Nucleus of the solitary tract medial part	ipsi	SolM	3
Dorsal raphe nucleus caudal part	ipsi	DRC	1
Inferior olive	ipsi	IO	-2
Dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus	ipsi	DPGi	-0.5
Pre Boetzinger complex	ipsi	PrBo	-0.5
Basal forebrain	ipsi	BAF	1
Diagonal band of Broca	ipsi	DBB	1
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band	ipsi	HDB	1
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band	ipsi	VDB	1
Medial septal nucleus	ipsi	MS	0
Basal nucleus Meynert	ipsi	B	-0.5
Substantia innominata	ipsi	SI	1
Medial preoptic area	ipsi	MPA	1
Magnocellular preoptic nucleus	ipsi	MCPO	1
Lateral hypothalamic area	ipsi	LH	4
Medial portion of the basal lateral hypothalamus	ipsi	BLHme	2
Posterolateral hypothalamus	ipsi	PLHY	-0.5
Medial zone	ipsi	MHA	-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic area	ipsi	AHA	1
Dorsal hypothalamic area	ipsi	DA	3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]	ipsi	DM	1
Posterior hypothalamic area	ipsi	PHA	3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus	ipsi	VMH	0.5
Arcuate nucleus	ipsi	Arc	1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus lateral parvocellular part	ipsi	LPPa	2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	ipsi	Pa	3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus rostral part	ipsi	PaRo	1
Retrochiasmatic area	ipsi	RCh	2
Reuniens thalamic nucleus	ipsi	Re	-3
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus caudal two thirds	ipsi	VMctt	-0.5
Zona incerta	ipsi	ZI	4
Nucleus of the fields of Forel	ipsi	F	1
Zona incerta caudal part	ipsi	ZIC	1
Zona incerta magnocellular part	ipsi	ZIMag	2
Dorsal funiculus	ipsi	dfu	3
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	BL	0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	ipsi	BST	1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division	ipsi	BSTL	1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral part	ipsi	BNSTv	1
Central amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	Ce	3
Medial amygdaloid nucleus	ipsi	Me	0
Deep gray matter of the temporal association cortex 1	ipsi	TeAdL	3
Forelimb motor cortex	ipsi	FMCx	-2
Caudal forelimb motor area	ipsi	CFMA	-2
Lateral part of the granular cortex of forelimb motor regions	ipsi	LFMCx	-2
Primary visual cortex	ipsi	V1	-0.5
Secondary visual cortex	ipsi	V2	-0.5
Precommissural nucleus	ipsi	PrC	0.5
Ependymocytes of 4th ventricle	ipsi	4Vepc	-0.5
Deep dorsal horn C1	ipsi	DDHC1	3
Superficial dorsal horn C1	ipsi	SDHC1	3
Cervical segment 6	ipsi	CS6	2
Cervical segment 7	ipsi	CS7	2
Cervical segment 8	ipsi	CS8	2
Deep dorsal horn C8	ipsi	DDHC8	-1
Lumbar segment 6	ipsi	L6	4
Sacral segment 1	ipsi	Sa1	4
Sacral segment 2	ipsi	Sa2	4
Central gray	contra	CG	1
Lateral periaqueductal gray	contra	LPAG	-0.5
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray	contra	VLPAG	-1
Superior colliculus intermediate and deep layers	contra	SCidLa	-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus	contra	Gi	-0.5
Lateral reticular nucleus	contra	LRt	1
Area postrema	contra	AP	-0.5
Medial vestibular nucleus	contra	MVe	2
Nucleus of the solitary tract	contra	Sol	2
Nucleus of the solitary tract intermediate part	contra	SolIM	3
Nucleus of the solitary tract interstitial part	contra	Soli	3
Medial part of the lateral subnucleus of the solitary tract	contra	SolLMe	3
Nucleus of the solitary tract medial part	contra	SolM	3
Rostrocaudal extent of the rostral ventrolateral medulla	contra	RVLMrc	3
Dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus	contra	DPGi	-0.5
Pre Boetzinger complex	contra	PrBo	-0.5
Substantia innominata	contra	SI	0.5
Lateral preoptic area	contra	LPO	0.5
Medial preoptic area	contra	MPA	0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area	contra	LH	2
Medial portion of the basal lateral hypothalamus	contra	BLHme	2
Posterolateral hypothalamus	contra	PLHY	-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic area	contra	AHA	0.5
Dorsal hypothalamic area	contra	DA	1
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]	contra	DM	1
Posterior hypothalamic area	contra	PHA	1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus	contra	VMH	0.5
Arcuate nucleus	contra	Arc	1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus lateral parvocellular part	contra	LPPa	2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	contra	Pa	1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus rostral part	contra	PaRo	0.5
Zona incerta	contra	ZI	2
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus	contra	BL	0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	contra	BST	0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division	contra	BSTL	0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral part	contra	BNSTv	0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus	contra	Ce	1
Frontal cortex area 2	contra	Fr2	-0.5
Perirhinal cortex	contra	A35	-0.5
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortex	contra	AGl	-0.5
Forelimb motor cortex	contra	FMCx	-0.5
Whiskers motor cortex	contra	WMCx	-0.5
Primary somatosensory cortex face region	contra	S1FR	-0.5
Medial dysgranular cortex	contra	MdyC	-0.5
Cervical segment 6	contra	CS6	2
Cervical segment 7	contra	CS7	2
Cervical segment 8	contra	CS8	2
Lumbar segment 6	contra	L6	4
Sacral segment 1	contra	Sa1	4
Sacral segment 2	contra	Sa2	4
Sternomastoid nerve	ipsi	smn	-0.5
Superior laryngeal nerve	ipsi	sLn	-2
Superior laryngeal nerve ramus internus	ipsi	sLnri	-0.5
Hindpaw skin	ipsi	OrgHPS	-0.5
Kidney	ipsi	OrgsKid	-0.5
Hindpaw skin	contra	OrgHPS	-0.5
Wall of larynx	ipsi	OrgWLary	-0.5

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