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Preoptic region left


Abbreviation
PREO
Color       
Superior regionsBasal forebrain

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Regio praeoptica  
Preoptic regionPREOEng
Preoptic areaPOAEng
Preoptic areaPOAEng
Regio preoptica Lat
Area preopticaAPoEng

SubregionsSide
Accessory nucleus of the preoptic regionleft
Dorsal preoptic regionleft
Intermediate hypothalamic cell groupsleft
Lateral preoptic arealeft
Lateral preoptic lateral hypothalamic continuumleft
Medial preoptic arealeft
Median preoptic arealeft
Preoptic nucleusleft
Preoptic region caudal partleft
Preoptic region rostral partleft
Strial part of the preoptic arealeft
Ventral preoptic arealeft
Nucleus preoptic ventrolateralisleft
Ventral preoptic regionleft
Periventricular area of the preoptic regionleft
Border of the medial and lateral proptic regionleft
Dorsomedial preoptic regionleft
Dorsolateral preoptic regionleft
Ventromedial preoptic regionleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Central grayipsiCG2
Central gray medial partipsiCGMe0
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG1.5
Periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGR3
Tegmental areaipsiTGA-1
Parainterfascicular nucleus of the ventral tegmental areaipsiPIF2
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA3
Interfascicular nucleusipsiIF2
Parabrachial pigmented nucleusipsiPBP2
Paranigral nucleusipsiPN2
Dorsal tegmental nucleus ventromedial partipsiDTgVM1
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg3
Barringtons nucleusipsiBar2.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC3
Locus coeruleus caudal partipsiLCca3
Locus coeruleus midcaudal partipsiLCcam3
Koelliker Fuse nucleusipsiKF-0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleusipsiPCRt1.5
Hypoglossal nucleusipsi12S1
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleusipsiMe50.5
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus medial partipsiperiMe51.5
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus caudal poleipsiMe5cp-0.5
Peritrigeminal zoneipsiP5-0.5
Medial vestibular nucleusipsiMVe0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol1
Nucleus of the solitary tract intermediate partipsiSolIM-0.5
Parasolitary nucleusipsiPSol-0.5
Dorsal motor nucleus of vagusipsi101
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR2
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsal partipsiDRD3
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsomedial subdivisionipsiDRdm1
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsomedian partipsiDRdmm1
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral wingipsiDRlw2
Dorsal raphe nucleus caudal midlineipsiDRcmip2
Dorsal raphe nucleus ventral partipsiDRV3
Dorsal raphe nucleus ventromedial subdivisionipsiDRvme2
Rostral linear nucleus of the rapheipsiRLi2
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR1
Medial raphe nucleusipsiMeR-0.5
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg-0.5
Raphe pallidus nucleusipsiRPa3
Raphe pallidus nucleus caudal partipsiRPaC0
Raphe pallidus nucleus rostral partipsiRParo3
Rostral one-third of the rostral part of the raphe pallidus nucleusipsiRORParo0
Ventral lateral medulla oblongataipsiMVL1
Caudal ventrolateral medulla lateral partipsiCVLMl1
Caudal medulla oblongataipsiCMeOb-0.5
Gracile nucleus principal partipsiGr-0.5
Medulla oblongata dorsomedial partipsiMeObDM1
Inferior oliveipsiIO0
Median eminenceipsiME-0.5
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA-0.5
Ventrolateral preoptic nucleusipsiVLPO-0.5
Periventricular zone of the rostral half of the preoptic areaipsiPREOrpv-0.5
Ventral tuberomammillary nucleus coreipsiVTMc1
Circumventricular organsipsiCIRC-0.5
LHRH neurons around the vascular organ of the lamina terminalisipsiLnVOLT-0.5
Rostrally located LHRH neurons around the vascular organ of the lamina terminalisipsiRLnVOLT0
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area at the level of the caudal half to the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiLHAaCVMH3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus anterior partipsiDMA-0.5
Dorsomedial nucleus posterior partipsiDMHp0.5
Subparaventricular zoneipsiSuPZ-0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH0
Arcuate nucleus ventral portionipsiArcV-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus medial parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaMP-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus medial parvocellular partipsiMPPa3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus dorsal parvocellular divisionipsiPavPoD-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus periventricular partipsiPapv-0.5
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPe-0.5
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]ipsiSO4
Episupraoptic nucleusipsiESO-0.5
Supraoptic nucleus perinuclear zoneipsiSOpnz3
Perinuclear zone dorsal to the supraoptic regionipsiSoRpnzd2
Premammillary nucleus ventral partipsiPMV3
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD2
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus central partipsiMDC-10
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus lateral partipsiMDL-10
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus medial partipsiMDM-10
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV2
Nucleus reuniens rostral divisionipsiRER0.5
Reticular thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiRtc-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus intermediate partipsiRti-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiRtr-10
Optic chiasmipsiox3
Pineal glandipsiPi-0.5
Intermediate lobe of pituitaryipsiIPit1
Posterior lobe of pituitaryipsiPPit1
Basal nucleusipsiBnc2
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe2
Posterior amygdaloid nucleusipsiCOAp2
Periamygdaloid complexipsiPAC2
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe2
Amygdalohippocampal areaipsiAHi2
Entorhinal cortexipsiEnt1
Agranular insular cortex dorsal part superficial layersipsiAIDsL1
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGl1
Interpeduncular nucleus caudal subnucleusipsiIPC1
Interpeduncular nucleus medial part middle partipsiIPMM1
Septal regionipsiSER3
Central graycontraCG1.5
Periaqueductal gray rostral partcontraPAGR-0.5
Substantia nigra lateral partcontraSNL0.5
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleuscontraPPTg2
Locus coeruleuscontraLC1
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus caudal polecontraMe5cp-0.5
Nucleus of the solitary tract intermediate partcontraSolIM-0.5
Parasolitary nucleuscontraPSol-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR1.5
Raphe pallidus nucleuscontraRPa4
Ventral lateral medulla oblongatacontraMVL0.5
Caudal medulla oblongatacontraCMeOb-0.5
Gracile nucleus principal partcontraGr-0.5
Median eminencecontraME-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]contraDM-0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus anterior partcontraDMA-0.5
Dorsomedial nucleus posterior partcontraDMHp-0.5
Arcuate nucleus ventral portioncontraArcV-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa-0.5
Suprachiasmatic nucleuscontraSCh1
HabenulacontraHAB1
Entorhinal cortexcontraEnt0.5
Septal regioncontraSER1
Mammary glandipsiOrgMamG2
Middle layer of the middle portion of the uterine hornipsiOrgUTmLmph1
Epididymis caudaipsiOrgEpiCau1
TestisipsiOrgTest1
Vas deferensipsiOrgVasDef1
KidneyipsiOrgsKid1
Mammary glandcontraOrgMamG-0.5
TestiscontraOrgTest-0.5
Vas deferenscontraOrgVasDef-0.5
KidneycontraOrgsKid1
Pancreas sideipsiOrgsPancs-0.5
Pancreas sidecontraOrgsPancs-0.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Central grayipsiCG1
Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGdlr2
Periaqueductal gray rostrocaudal extentipsiPAGroe2
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg2
A5 noradrenaline cellsipsiA5-0.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC1
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF1
Deep mesencephalic nucleusipsiDpMe0.5
Parabrachial nucleusipsiPB1.5
Koelliker Fuse nucleusipsiKF1
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB2
Lateral parabrachial nucleus central partipsiLPBC-0.5
Lateral parabrachial nucleus external partipsiLPBE-0.5
Parabrachial nucleus central lateral partipsiPBCeL-0.5
Dorsal lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiPBDoL-0.5
Parabrachial nucleus external divison lateral partipsiPBeDL-0.5
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe1
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR3
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsal partipsiDRD1
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral partipsiDRLa2
Dorsal raphe nucleus middle part lateral regionipsiDRmiL0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus middle part shell regionipsiDRsh3
Dorsal raphe nucleus middle part ventral regionipsiDRmiV2
Dorsal raphe nucleus ventral partipsiDRV0.5
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR2
Raphe magnus nucleus rostral partipsiRMgR-0.5
Caudal ventrolateral medullaipsiCVLM3
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB2
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band dorsal partipsiVDBDo-2
Nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band ventral partipsiVDBve-0.5
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS3
Medial septal nucleus mid-dorsal aspectipsiMSmda4
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB2
Substantia innominataipsiSI2
Periventricular area of the preoptic regionipsiPVPREO2
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH-0.5
Caudomedial hypothalamusipsiCMdH-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic area central partipsiAHAC1
Anterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiAHn3
Anterior part of the anterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiAHna1
Subparaventricular zone ventral partipsiSuPZv2
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus anterior partipsiVMHA1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus central partipsiVMHC4
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiVMHDM1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus ventrolateral partipsiVMHVL4
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc3
Suprachiasmatic nucleusipsiSCh3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus dorsal divisionipsiSChd3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiSCnDM3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus medial shellipsiSCnMDM3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus medial divisionipsiSCnM3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus ventral divisionipsiSChv2.5
Suprachiasmatic nucleus ventrolateral partipsiSCnVL0.5
Suprachiasmatic nucleus medial shell regionipsiSChSM3
Peri-arcuate region of the hypothalamusipsipArc3
Perifornical nucleus medial partipsiPeFM-2
Basal retrochiasmatic areaipsiBRCh1
Retrochiasmatic area lateral partipsiRChL1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiPVca2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus dorsal partipsiPVdo2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiPVr2
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus ventral partipsiPVV2
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe1
Reuniens thalamic nucleus dorsocaudal partipsiRedc3
Posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleusipsiPIL2
Subparafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiSPF2
Zona incerta lateral partipsiZIL0.5
Accessory basal nucleusipsiAB2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis principal nucleusipsiBSTpr-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe3
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo2
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe3
Amygdalohippocampal areaipsiAHi3
Accumbens nucleus caudomedial shellipsiAcbShcm3
Lateral stripe of the striatumipsiLSS-0.5
Field CA1 of hippocampus dorsalipsiCA1d1
Field CA1 of hippocampus medial partipsiCA1m-0.5
Field CA1 of hippocampus lateral part ipsiCA1Lat-0.5
Dorsal subiculum medial partipsiSdMe1
Dorsal subiculum lateral partipsiSdLa1
Subiculum ventral partipsiSv2
Interpeduncular nucleusipsiIP-0.5
Interpeduncular nucleus dorsal subnucleusipsiIPRd-0.5
Septal regionipsiSER-0.5
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS-0.5
Lateral septal nucleus rostral partipsiLSr-0.5
Lateral septal nucleus ventral partipsiLSV3
Central graycontraCG0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR1
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsal partcontraDRD0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral partcontraDRLa1
Dorsal raphe nucleus ventral partcontraDRV0.5
Median raphe nucleuscontraMnR1
Medial septal nucleuscontraMS3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleuscontraDMHy3
Anterior hypothalamic nucleuscontraAHn-2
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus anterior partcontraVMHA0.5
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus central partcontraVMHC3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partcontraVMHDM1
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus ventrolateral partcontraVMHVL3
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus ventromedial partcontraVMHvm1
Arcuate nucleuscontraArc1
Suprachiasmatic nucleuscontraSCh3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus medial shellcontraSCnMDM-0.5
Suprachiasmatic nucleus medial divisioncontraSCnM3
Suprachiasmatic nucleus ventrolateral partcontraSCnVL-0.5
Suprachiasmatic nucleus medial shell regioncontraSChSM1
Posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleuscontraPIL-0.5
Neocortex layer 4contraNEOCXL41
Neocortex layer 2contraNEOCXL22.5
Neocortex layer 3contraNEOCXL33
Neocortex layer 5contraNEOCXL53
Neocortex layer 6contraNEOCXL61

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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