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Magnocellular preoptic nucleus left


Abbreviation
MCPO
Color       
Superior regionsPreoptic nucleus

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Nucleus praeopticus magnocellularisMALat
Preoptic nucleus magnocellular  
Magnocellular preoptic area  
Nucleus preopticus magnocellularisMcPO 
Magnocellular preoptic nucleusMCPOEng
Magnocellular preoptic area Eng

SubregionsSide
Magnocellular preoptic nucleus dorsal partleft
Magnocellular preoptic nucleus lateral partleft
Magnocellular preoptic nucleus medial partleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
MesencephalonipsiMEC-0.5
Caudal midbrainipsicMEC3
Central grayipsiCG1.5
Central gray mesencephalic part inferior colliculus levelipsiCGMinf-1
Central gray mesencephalic part superior colliculus levelipsiCGMsc-1
Nuclei of the lateral lemniscusipsiNLL0.5
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG-0.5
Red nucleusipsiR0
Central tegmental field dorsal partipsiTGACd1
Peduncularpontine nucleusipsiPPN-0.5
Rostromedial tegmental nucleusipsiRMTg1
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN1
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA3
Interfascicular nucleusipsiIF1
Ventral tegmental area A10 middle thirdipsiVTAmit-0.5
Caudal linear nucleus of the rapheipsiCLi0
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg1
Ventral tegmental nucleusipsiVTg1
Dorsal tegmental nucleusipsiDTg1
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg2
Cerebellar cortexipsiCERC0
PonsipsiP2
Locus coeruleusipsiLC1
Pontine sublaterodorsal nucleusipsiPsLdn0.5
Reticulotegmental nucleus of the ponsipsiRtTg-0.5
Reticular systemipsiRF0.5
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF1
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN3
Parabrachial nucleusipsiPB-0.5
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB1
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe-1
Lateral reticular nucleusipsiLRt1
Medulla oblongataipsiMeOb1
Supratrigeminal nucleusipsiSu53
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleusipsiMe53
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR2
Dorsal raphe nucleus caudal partipsiDRC1.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus central partipsiDRcep1.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral wingipsiDRlw1.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus rostral partipsiDRr0.5
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR1
Subretrofacial nucleusipsiSuReFa0.5
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB2
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS-0.5
Substantia innominataipsiSI2
Substantia innominata anterior partipsiSIA2
Substantia innominata posterior partipsiSIP3
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO-0.5
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA0
Magnocellular preoptic nucleusipsiMCPO3
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO-3
Tenia tectaipsiTT-0.5
Tenia tecta deep layersipsiTTdL4
Tenia tecta layer 2ipsiTTL23
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy1
Posterior region [Lateral division of the hypothalamus]ipsiPReg2
Perifornical hypothalamic area [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiPFxPAR1
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH3
Lateral hypothalamic area dorsal partipsiLHd3
Lateral hypothalamic area medial partipsiLHAm0
Ventrolateral posterior lateral hypothalamusipsiLHApVLP3
Lateral hypothalamic area ventral partipsiLHAvp3
Central lateral nucleus of the hypothalamusipsiCLLH3
Lateral hypothalamic area at the level of the caudal half to the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiLHAaCVMH3
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA0.5
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus [Anterior hypothalamic area]ipsiAVPe0
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM2
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa1
Supramammillar nucleus lateral partipsiSuML-0.5
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF1
Retrochiasmatic areaipsiRCh1
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD-0.5
Reuniens thalamic nucleus caudomedial divisionipsiRecm2
Reunienes thalamic nucleus rostromedial divisionipsiRerm2
Reuniens thalamic nucleus rostrolateral divisionipsiRerl2
Reticular thalamic nucleusipsiRt3
Tuber cinereum areaipsiTC-0.5
HabenulaipsiHAB2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb1
Lateral habenular nucleus lateral partipsiLHbL-0.5
Lateral habenular nucleus medial partipsiLHbM0.5
Lateral habenular nucleus caudal subfieldipsiLHbcs-0.5
Medial forebrain bundleipsimfb-2
Medial forebrain bundle ventrolateral partipsimfbvL-2
Stria medullaris of the thalamusipsism0
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC-0.5
Basal dorsal nucleusipsiBnD-0.5
Basal nucleus ventral divisonipsiBncV-0.5
Basal nucleus ventral divison anterior partipsiBncVa-0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL1
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe-0.5
Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure medial partipsiIPACM2
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir1
Cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiCAn-0.5
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo-0.5
Posterior amygdaloid nucleusipsiCOAp-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe1
Cerebral cortexipsiCEC1
HippocampusipsiHIPP-0.5
Hippocampal regionsipsiHIPPR-3
Fornixipsif-2
Entorhinal cortexipsiEnt-0.5
Lateral entorhinal cortexipsiLEnt2
Lateral entorhinal cortex ventral partipsiVLEA1
Lateral entorhinal cortex ventromedial partipsiVMEAL1
Piriform cortexipsiPir-0.5
Anterior piriform cortex layer 6ipsiAPIRCPIRlL6-0.5
Piriform area polymorph layer [Ventrorostral anterior piriform cortex]ipsiAPCvrPIR3-0.5
Piriform area polymorph layer [Posterior piriform cortex]ipsiPPIRCPIR31
Prepiriform area polymorph layer [Anterior prepiriform cortex]ipsiAPPCPIR3-0.5
Prepiriform area polymorph layer [Posterior prepiriform cortex]ipsiPPIRCPPR3-0.5
Retrosplenial agranular cortexipsiRSA-1
Retrosplenial granular cortexipsiRSGra-0.5
Cingulate cortexipsiCg3
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC1
Cingulate cortex area 3ipsiCg3-0.5
Caudal cingulate cortexipsiCCg-0.5
Rostral part of the cingulate cortexipsiRCg-0.5
Prelimbic cortex superficial layersipsiPrLsL1
Prelimbic cortex deep layersipsiPrLDL2
Retrolimbic areaipsiReLA3
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL-0.5
Infralimbic cortex superficial layersipsiILisL3
Infralimbic cortex deep layersipsiILDL4
NeocortexipsiNEOCX-0.5
Frontal association cortexipsiFrA-0.5
Frontal cortex area 3ipsiFr3-0.5
Temporoparietal cortexipsiTPcx-0.5
Parietal association cortexipsiPtA2
Temporal cortexipsiTE0.5
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC2
Anterior prefrontal cortexipsiAPFC-0.5
Rostromedial part of the frontal pole regionipsiFPFCRM1
Lateral prefrontal cortex deep layersipsilPFCdL3
Lateral prefrontal cortex superficial layersipsilPFCsL2
Medial prefrontal cortexipsimPFC-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortex deep layersipsimPFCdL3
Medial prefrontal cortex superficial layersipsimPFCsL2
Medial agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGm2
Sensory regionsipsiSR0.5
Visual regionsipsiVR3
Primary visual cortexipsiV13
Lateral orbital cortex superficial layersipsiLOLas3
Lateral orbital cortex deep layersipsiLOLad4
Medial orbital cortexipsiMO-0.5
Ventral orbital cortexipsiVO-0.5
Ventrolateral orbital area deep layersipsiVLOd4
Ventrolateral orbital area superficial layersipsiVLOs3
Interpeduncular nucleusipsiIP4
Interpeduncular nucleus caudal subnucleusipsiIPC1.5
Ventral part of the dorsal lateral interpeduncular nucleusipsiIPRvdL-0.5
Interpeduncular nucleus intermediate subnucleusipsiIPI-0.5
Interpeduncular nucleus lateral subnucleusipsiIPL-0.5
Interpeduncular nucleus rostral subnucleus central partipsiIPRce2
Caudoventral part of the rostral lateral interpeduncular nucleusipsiIPcvRL-0.5
Olfactory bulb A16ipsiMOB-0.5
Anterior olfactory nucleusipsiAON-0.5
Olfactory tubercleipsiTuO-0.5
Cervical segment 1ipsiCS10
Caudal midbraincontracMEC1.5
Central graycontraCG1
Nuclei of the lateral lemniscuscontraNLL0.5
Central tegmental field dorsal partcontraTGACd1
Peduncularpontine nucleuscontraPPN-0.5
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleuscontraLDTg1
Ventral tegmental nucleuscontraVTg0.5
Dorsal tegmental nucleuscontraDTg0.5
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleuscontraPPTg1.5
PonscontraP1
Locus coeruleuscontraLC0.5
Pontine sublaterodorsal nucleuscontraPsLdn0.5
Reticulotegmental nucleus of the ponscontraRtTg-0.5
Parabrachial nucleuscontraPB-0.5
Lateral parabrachial nucleuscontraLPB0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR1
Subretrofacial nucleuscontraSuReFa0.5
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandcontraHDB-0.5
Substantia innominatacontraSI3
Magnocellular preoptic nucleuscontraMCPO2
Anterior hypothalamic areacontraAHA0
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus [Anterior hypothalamic area]contraAVPe0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa0
Retrochiasmatic areacontraRCh1
Stria medullaris of the thalamuscontrasm0
Ventral pallidumcontraVP2
HippocampuscontraHIPP-0.5
Fornixcontraf0
Lateral entorhinal cortexcontraLEnt1
Cingulate cortexcontraCg0.5
Anterior cingulate cortexcontraACC1
Caudal cingulate cortexcontraCCg-0.5
Rostral part of the cingulate cortexcontraRCg-0.5
Frontal association cortexcontraFrA-0.5
Parietal association cortexcontraPtA-0.5
Medial prefrontal cortexcontramPFC-0.5
Medial agranular prefrontal cortexcontraAGm1
Interpeduncular nucleus caudal subnucleuscontraIPC0.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Central gray alpha partipsiCGA3
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG3
Dorsal periaqueductal gray caudal partipsiDPAGC0
Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGdlr0
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray caudal partipsiPAGvlc1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGvlr0.5
Periventricular gray matteripsiPVG3
Superior colliculusipsiSC0
Central tegmental fieldipsiTGAC1
Peduncularpontine nucleusipsiPPN3
Peduncularpontine nucleus rostral partipsiPPNR-0.5
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN1
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC2
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR0
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA4
Interfascicular nucleusipsiIF2
Caudal linear nucleus of the rapheipsiCLi2
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR1
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg4
Dorsal tegmental nucleusipsiDTg-0.5
Dorsal tegmental nucleus lateral partipsiDLTN3
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg4
Edinger Westphal nucleusipsiEW1
Locus coeruleusipsiLC3
Nucleus incertusipsiNI3
Prepositus nucleusipsiPr1
Mesencephalic reticular formationipsiMRF2
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN1
Pontine reticular nucleus oral partipsiPnO1
Pontine reticular nucleus oral part dorsal partipsiPnOd3
Koelliker Fuse nucleusipsiKF1
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB3
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe3
Medial parabrachial nucleus external partipsiMPBE-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi1
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol1
11 beta hydroxysteroiddehydrogenase type-2 cellsipsiSolHSD20
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR4
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral wingipsiDRlw0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus medial partipsiDRNM1.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus rostral partipsiDRr3
Linear nucleus of the rapheipsiLIR2
Linear oral nucleus of the rapheipsiLIOR1
Rostral linear nucleus of the rapheipsiRLi3
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR1.5
Medial raphe nucleusipsiMeR3
Superior central raphe nucleusipsiCS1
Raphe magnus nucleusipsiRMg1
Raphe magnus nucleus rostral partipsiRMgR2
Raphe obscurus nucleusipsiROb3
Ventral lateral medulla oblongataipsiMVL1
A1 noradrenergic cellsipsiA11
A2 noradrenergic cellsipsiA21
Dorsal paragigantocellular nucleusipsiDPGi1
Dorsal endopiriform nucleusipsiDEn1
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB3
Diagonal band of Broca rostral partipsiDBBR0
Medial septal nucleusipsiMS3
Substantia innominataipsiSI1.5
Substantia innominata anterior partipsiSIA3
Substantia innominata posterior partipsiSIP3
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO3
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA3
Magnocellular preoptic nucleusipsiMCPO3
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO-0.5
Median preoptic nucleusipsiMnPO-0.5
Median preoptic nucleus caudal levelipsiMnPOC0
Median preoptic nucleus rostral levelipsiMnPOR1
Tuberomammillary nucleusipsiTuM0.5
Tuberomammillary nucleus lateral partipsiTuML1
Lateral zoneipsiLHA1
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH3
Lateral hypothalamic area perifornical partipsiPFx3
Lateral hypothalamic area posterior partipsiLHAp2
Lateral hypothalamic area ventral partipsiLHAvp2
Tuberal division of the lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLHTC-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA1
Area lateralis hypothalamicus posterior [Regio hypothalamus caudalis]ipsiDMrhc0.5
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus [Medial zone]ipsiDM3
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial partipsiDMDM3
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA2.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiPH0.5
Posterior hypothalamic nucleus caudal partipsiPHCa1
Posterior hypothalamic nucleus rostral partipsiPHRo1
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc1
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPe3
Supramammillar nucleusipsiSuM3
Supramammillar nucleus lateral part lateral subpartipsiSuMLL0
Supramammillar nucleus lateral part medial subpartipsiSuMLM0
Supramammillar nucleus medial partipsiSuMM0
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupipsiRRF0
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh1
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus posterior partipsiPVP2
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe1
Tuber cinereum areaipsiTC2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb3
RetinaipsiRET-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 complexipsiAC3
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL3
Basolateral nucleus rostral partipsiBLRP-0.5
Posterior basolateral nucleus caudal partipsiBLPc-0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus midlevelsipsiBLmi-0.5
Basomedial amygdaloid nucleusipsiBM3
Anterior basomedial nucleus rostral partipsiBMAr-0.5
Posterior basomedial nucleus caudal partipsiBMPc-0.5
Posterior basomedial nucleus midlevelsipsiBMPmi-0.5
Dorsolateral part of the lateral nucleusipsiLaDL1
Lateral nucleus caudal partipsiLAcap1
Middle portion of the lateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiLAmi1
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis rhomboid nucleusipsiBSTrh0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division ventral partipsiBSTLV0.5
Supracapsular bed nucleus of the stria terminalis central partipsiBSTSc0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe3
Central amygdaloid nucleus rostral partipsiCerp-0.5
Anterior amygdaloid areaipsiAA2
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo-0.5
Posterolateral cortical nucleus midlevelsipsiPLComi-0.5
Posterolateral cortical nucleus caudal partipsiPLCoc-0.5
Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tractipsiLOT2
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe3
Medial amygdaloid nucleus rostral partipsiMeRo-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus midlevelsipsiMemi1
Amygdalohippocampal areaipsiAHi-0.5
Intercalated nuclei of the amygdala rostral partipsiIro-0.5
Ventral pallidumipsiVP-2
Ventral pallidum rostral partipsiVPr-0.5
Ventral pallidum ventromedial partipsiVPvm-0.5
StriatumipsiSTR0.5
Accumbens nucleusipsiAc3
Fundus of the striatumipsiFS1
Subthalamic nucleus medial partipsiSThM2
Septohippocampal nucleusipsiSHi-0.5
Piriform cortexipsiPir2
Prelimbic cortexipsiPrL1
Infralimbic cortexipsiIL1
Ventral temporal association cortexipsiTev-0.5
Insular cortexipsiICX3
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC0
Orbitofrontal cortexipsiOrFCx-0.5
Medial orbital cortexipsiMO2
Ventral orbital cortexipsiVO2
Interpeduncular nucleusipsiIP0
Anterior olfactory nucleusipsiAON3
Olfactory tubercleipsiTuO3
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS3
Periaqueductal graycontraPAG0.5
Dorsal periaqueductal gray caudal partcontraDPAGC0
Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partcontraPAGdlr0.5
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray caudal partcontraPAGvlc2
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partcontraPAGvlr0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10contraVTA1
Locus coeruleuscontraLC1
Lateral parabrachial nucleuscontraLPB1
Parabrachial nucleus medialcontraPBnMe2
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR1
Dorsal raphe nucleus lateral wingcontraDRlw0
Dorsal raphe nucleus medial partcontraDRNM0
Linear oral nucleus of the raphecontraLIOR0
Superior central raphe nucleuscontraCS0
Basal forebraincontraBAF-0.5
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandcontraHDB-0.5
Magnocellular preoptic nucleuscontraMCPO2

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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