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A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group left


Abbreviation
RRF
Color       
Superior regionsOther nuclei

SynonymsAbbr.Language
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupRRFEng
 DA8 
 A8 
A8 catecholamin cell region in pons Eng
A8 dopamine cells  
Retrorubral fieldRRFEng
Midbrain reticular formation Eng

SubregionsSide
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group caudal partleft
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group caudomediallateral partleft
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group dorsocaudal partleft
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group lateral partleft
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group medial partleft
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group rostral partleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Periaqueductal grayipsiPAG1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG3
Ventromedial pontine nucleusipsiVMPn1
Superior colliculusipsiSC2
Peduncularpontine nucleusipsiPPN2
Rostromedial tegmental nucleusipsiRMTg1
Substantia nigra A9ipsiSN0.5
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC1
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR0
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA2
Middle part of the retrorubral fieldipsiRRmi3
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg-0.5
Locus coeruleusipsiLC3
Reticular systemipsiRF-0.5
Intermediate reticular nucleusipsiIRt-0.5
Magnocellular reticular nucleusipsiNRMC2
Deep mesencephalic nucleus dorsal partipsiDpMeD3
Pontine reticular nucleusipsiPRN3
Pontine reticular nucleus caudal partipsiPNC2
Peribrachial regionipsiPBR2
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi2.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus ventral partipsiGiV2.5
Lateral reticular nucleusipsiLRt3
Medial subnucleus reticularis ventralisipsiMSRV-0.5
Medullary reticular nucleus dorsal partipsiMdDd-0.5
Parvicellular reticular nucleus lateral partipsiPCRtl3
Trapezoid bodyipsitz1.5
Ambiguus nucleusipsiAmb3
Facial nucleusipsi73
Facial nucleus medial partipsi7M1.5
Supratrigeminal nucleusipsiSu53
Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleusipsiMe53
Spinal trigeminal nucleusipsiSp5nc3
Nucleus of the solitary tractipsiSol2
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsal coreipsiDRDc3
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR2
Rostral ventrolateral medullaipsiRVLM2
Caudal medulla oblongataipsiCMeOb0.5
Dorsal column nucleiipsiDCN1.5
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiPGi3
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleusipsiLPGi1.5
Retrofacial nucleusipsiRFN3
Choroidea innervating part of the superior salivatory nucleusipsiCSSN-10
Basal forebrainipsiBAF2
Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal bandipsiHDB0
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB2
Substantia innominataipsiSI-0.5
Substantia innominata dorsal partipsiSID1
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA0
Magnocellular preoptic nucleusipsiMCPO0
Tuberomammillary nucleus dorsomedial partipsiTBMdm0
Ventral tuberomammillary nucleusipsiVTM0
Glia limitans ventral to the ventral tuberomammillary nucleusipsiTuMgL0
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiDMHy0
Posterior region [Lateral division of the hypothalamus]ipsiPReg2
Lateroanterior hypothalamic nucleusipsiLAH-0.5
Lateral hypothalamus adjacent to the ventral tuberomammillary nucleusipsiLHVTM0
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus [Anterior hypothalamic area]ipsiAVPe0
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleusipsiVMH1
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPe1
Lateral mammillary nucleusipsiLM0
Premammillary nucleus dorsal partipsiPMD0
Premammillary nucleus ventromedial partipsiPMvm0
Supramammillar nucleus lateral partipsiSuML0
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group lateral partipsiRRFL0
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral group medial partipsiRRFm0
Retrochiasmatic areaipsiRCh1
ThalamusipsiT1
Anteroventral thalamic nucleusipsiAV0
Central medial thalamic nucleusipsiCM2
Centrolateral thalamic nucleusipsiCL2
Paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiPC2
Paracentral thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiPC-c1
Paracentral thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiPC-r0
Parafascicular thalamic nucleusipsiPF2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus lateral partipsiPFL2
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus medial partipsiPFM3
Rhomboid thalamic nucleusipsiRh1
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiMD1
Intermediodorsal thalamic nucleusipsiIMD0
Submedius thalamic nucleusipsiSub0
Paratenial thalamic nucleusipsiPT0
Paraventricular thalamic nucleusipsiPV3
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus anterior partipsiPVA1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus medial partipsiPVM1
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus posterior partipsiPVP1
Reuniens thalamic nucleusipsiRe1
Ventral posterior thalamic nucleus parvicellular partipsiVPPC0
Ventromedial thalamic nucleusipsiVM2
Ventromedial thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiVMc1
Oval paracentral thalamic nucleusipsiOPC1
Reticular thalamic nucleus caudal partipsiRtc-10
Reticular thalamic nucleus rostral partipsiRtr-10
Zona incertaipsiZI2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb1
Medial forebrain bundleipsimfb-2
Stria medullaris of the thalamusipsism0
Amygdaloid complexipsiAC-0.5
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST2
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral divisionipsiBSTL-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division dorsal partipsiBSTLD0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe2
Central amygdaloid nucleus ventral partipsiCeV2
Central amygdaloid nucleus ventral halfipsiCeVh-0.5
Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure medial partipsiIPACM-0.5
Central division of sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEAc-0.5
Medial division of the sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEAm-0.5
Amygdalopiriform transition areaipsiAPir-0.5
Anterior amygdaloid areaipsiAA-0.5
Anterior cortical amygdaloid nucleusipsiACo-0.5
Posterolateral cortical nucleusipsiPLCo-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe2
Amygdaloid intramedullary grayipsiIMG-0.5
Amygdalostriatal transition areaipsiAStr2
Intercalated massesipsiIM-0.5
Intercalated amygdaloid nucleus main partipsiIcaM2
Globus pallidusipsiGP4
Medial globus pallidusipsiMGP-0.5
Ventral pallidumipsiVP2
Globus pallidus most ventral partipsiGPmv-0.5
Accumbens nucleusipsiAc2
Accumbens nucleus caudoventral partipsiAcCV1
Accumbens nucleus coreipsiAcbC-0.5
Lateral coreipsiAcbCl-0.5
Accumbens nucleus shellipsiAcbSh-0.5
Lateral accumbens shellipsiAcbShl-0.5
Medial accumbens shellipsiAcbShm1
Lateral nucleus accumbensipsiAcl2
Ventrolateral accumbensipsiAcbVL3
Caudate putamenipsiCPu2
Medial striatumipsiCPum2
Dorsal striatumipsiCPud2
Orofacial sensorimotor district of the striatumipsiCPuOFS-0.5
Posterior caudate putamenipsiCPup-0.5
Posterior caudate putamen ventral partipsiCPupv2
Ventral striatumipsiCPuv3
Ventrolateral striatumipsiCPuvl1
Lateral striatumipsiCPul3
Fundus of the striatum caudal partipsiFSc-0.5
Subventricular zoneipsiSVZ0
Subthalamic nucleusipsiSTh2
HippocampusipsiHIPP0
Dentate gyrusipsiDG1
Subgranular zoneipsiSGZ0
Field CA1 of hippocampusipsiCA13
Field CA3 of hippocampusipsiCA31
SubiculumipsiS3
Fornixipsif-2
Entorhinal cortexipsiEnt2.5
Piriform cortexipsiPir3
Cingulate cortexipsiCg-1
Anterior cingulate cortexipsiACC-0.5
Frontal cortex area 2ipsiFr2-1
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC2
Lateral agranular prefrontal cortexipsiAGl2
Forelimb motor cortexipsiFMCx1
Lateral orbital cortexipsiLO1
Interpeduncular nucleus rostral subnucleus central partipsiIPRce1
Olfactory tubercleipsiTuO2
Septal regionipsiSER-0.5
Lateral septal nucleusipsiLS0
Spinal cordipsiMES0
Cervical segmentsipsiCSeg-0.5
Lumbar segmentsipsiLSeg-0.5
Spinal cord layer 1 L3ipsiSCL1L3-0.5
Sacral segmentsipsiSSeg-0.5
Spinal gray matteripsiSGM0
Periaqueductal graycontraPAG0.5
Ventrolateral periaqueductal graycontraVLPAG2
Magnocellular reticular nucleuscontraNRMC1
Deep mesencephalic nucleus dorsal partcontraDpMeD2
Gigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraGi1
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus ventral partcontraGiV1
Parvicellular reticular nucleus lateral partcontraPCRtl2
Trapezoid bodycontratz3
Ambiguus nucleuscontraAmb2
Facial nucleuscontra72
Facial nucleus medial partcontra7M3
Spinal trigeminal nucleuscontraSp5nc2
Nucleus of the solitary tractcontraSol0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus dorsal corecontraDRDc3
Median raphe nucleuscontraMnR1
Rostral ventrolateral medullacontraRVLM2
Dorsal column nucleicontraDCN0
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraPGi2
Lateral paragigantocellular nucleuscontraLPGi3
Retrofacial nucleuscontraRFN1
Basal forebraincontraBAF0.5
Posterior region [Lateral division of the hypothalamus]contraPReg0
Anteroventral periventricular nucleus [Anterior hypothalamic area]contraAVPe0
Retrochiasmatic areacontraRCh0.5
Zona incertacontraZI0
Stria medullaris of the thalamuscontrasm0
Fornixcontraf0
Intercapsular brown adipose tissueipsiOrgBATi-10
Submandibular glandipsiOrgsSubg-10
Lumbar epaxial musclesipsiMuscLep-10
TestisipsiOrgTest-0.5

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Dorsolateral periaqueductal grayipsiDLPAG2
Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray caudal partipsiPAGdlc2
Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGdlr2
Lateral periaqueductal grayipsiLPAG4
Periaqueductal gray dorsal partipsiPAGd3
Periaqueductal gray caudal dorsolateral partipsiPAGLDC2
Periaqueductal gray rostrocaudal extentipsiPAGroe2
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG4
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray caudal partipsiPAGvlc2
Ventrolateral periaqueductal gray rostral partipsiPAGvlr2
Superior colliculusipsiSC3
Central tegmental fieldipsiTGAC4
Rostromedial tegmental nucleusipsiRMTg3
Substantia nigra A9 dorsocaudal partipsiSNdc-0.5
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC1
Substantia nigra compact part ventral tieripsiSNCV-0.5
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL1
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR1
Substantia nigra reticular part dorsolateral tieripsiSNRDL-0.5
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA1
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR-3
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg2
Gigantocellular tegmental fieldipsiGiCTeF2
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg0.5
Edinger Westphal nucleusipsiEW1.5
Interposed cerebellar nucleiipsiICN1
Lateral cerebellar nucleusipsiCERL3
A5 noradrenaline cellsipsiA52
A7 noradrenaline cellsipsiA70.5
Barringtons nucleusipsiBar1
Locus coeruleusipsiLC2
Pontomesencephalic grayipsiPoMG0.5
Pontine tegmental fieldipsiPTF3
Prepositus nucleusipsiPr1
Cuneiforme nucleusipsiCnF2
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB4
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe3
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi2
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus alpha partipsiGiA-0.5
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus caudal partipsiGiCa3
C1 adrenaline cellsipsiC14
C2 adrenaline cellsipsiC20.5
C3 adrenaline cellsipsiC31
Spinal trigeminal nucleusipsiSp5nc0
Vestibular nucleiipsiVnc1
Nucleus of the solitary tract caudal partipsiSolca1
Nucleus of the solitary tract commissural partipsiSolC1
Nucleus of the solitary tract rostral partipsiSolro2
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR3
Dorsal raphe nucleus caudal partipsiDRC-0.5
Dorsal raphe nucleus rostral partipsiDRr2.5
Rostral linear nucleus of the rapheipsiRLi1
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR2
Superior central raphe nucleusipsiCS2
Ventral lateral medulla oblongataipsiMVL1
A1 noradrenergic cellsipsiA13
A2 noradrenergic cellsipsiA23
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB3
Substantia innominataipsiSI3
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO2
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA2
Medial preoptic area dorsolateral partipsiMPADL3
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO3
Posterodorsal preoptic nucleusipsiPDP3
Lateral hypothalamic area anterior part [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiLHAapar2
Lateral hypothalamic area posterior part [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiLHApPAR2
Lateral hypothalamic area premammillary subfornical region [Preoptic anterior region]ipsiLHAsfp2
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH-0.5
Lateral hypothalamic area motor related juxtaventromedial regionipsiLHAjvm2
Lateral hypothalamic area subfornical region anterior zoneipsiLHAsfa0
Deep layers of the lateral hypothalamic areaipsidLLH1
Posterolateral hypothalamusipsiPLHY-1
Parastriatal nucleusipsiPS1
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA2
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa2
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF1
Zona incertaipsiZI3
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb1
Medial habenular nucleusipsiMHb1.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST4
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis fusiform partipsiFu-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis magnocellular nucleusipsiBSTmc3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis oval nucleusipsiBSTo-10
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division dorsal partipsiBSTLD-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis lateral division ventral partipsiBSTLV-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis dorsal nucleusipsiBSTd1.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterolateral partipsiBSTPL-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral partipsiBNSTv3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral tipipsiBNSTvt3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis far ventral partipsiBNSTfv3
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe4
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisionipsiCeL3
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial divisionipsiCeM3
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial division rostral partipsiCeMR2.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial division medial partipsiCeMM3
Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure medial partipsiIPACM-0.5
Sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEA3
Central division of sublenticular extended amygdalaipsiSLEAc-0.5
Medial amygdaloid nucleus dorsal tipipsiMeDT2
Globus pallidusipsiGP1.5
Caudal globus pallidusipsiGPc-3
Ventral pallidumipsiVP2
Ventral pallidum caudal partipsiVPc-0.5
Ventral pallidum lateral partipsiVPlp3
Accumbens nucleusipsiAc2
Dorsal coreipsiAcbCd-0.5
Medial coreipsiAcbCm2
Rostral coreipsiAcbCr2
Ventral coreipsiAcbCv-0.5
Rostral accumbens shellipsiAcbShr2
Ventromedial shellipsiAcbShvm2
Caudate putamenipsiCPu1
Caudal striatumipsiCPuc3
Caudoventral striatumipsiCPucv2
Ventral striatumipsiCPuv3
Ventrolateral striatumipsiCPuvl2
Fundus of the striatumipsiFS0.5
Subthalamic nucleus middle partipsiSThm-0.5
Cingulate cortex area 3 vasoregulatory regionipsiCg3vr-0.5
Prelimbic cortex deep layersipsiPrLDL1
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC2
Olfactory tubercleipsiTuO1
Lateral periaqueductal graycontraLPAG3
Periaqueductal gray dorsal partcontraPAGd1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal graycontraVLPAG2
Superior colliculuscontraSC1
Central tegmental fieldcontraTGAC2
Substantia nigra compact partcontraSNC0
Substantia nigra lateral partcontraSNL0
Substantia nigra reticular partcontraSNR0
Ventral tegmental area A10contraVTA0
Retrorubral nucleuscontraRR3
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleuscontraLDTg1
Gigantocellular tegmental fieldcontraGiCTeF1
Edinger Westphal nucleuscontraEW1
Interposed cerebellar nucleicontraICN0
Lateral cerebellar nucleuscontraCERL1
A5 noradrenaline cellscontraA51
A7 noradrenaline cellscontraA70.5
Barringtons nucleuscontraBar0
Locus coeruleuscontraLC1
Pontine tegmental fieldcontraPTF2
Prepositus nucleuscontraPr1
Cuneiforme nucleuscontraCnF1
Lateral parabrachial nucleuscontraLPB2
Parabrachial nucleus medialcontraPBnMe1
Gigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraGi1
C1 adrenaline cellscontraC10.5
C2 adrenaline cellscontraC20
C3 adrenaline cellscontraC30.5
Spinal trigeminal nucleuscontraSp5nc1
Vestibular nucleicontraVnc0
Nucleus of the solitary tract caudal partcontraSolca0
Nucleus of the solitary tract rostral partcontraSolro0
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR3
Median raphe nucleuscontraMnR0
Superior central raphe nucleuscontraCS2
Ventral lateral medulla oblongatacontraMVL0
A1 noradrenergic cellscontraA11
A2 noradrenergic cellscontraA20.5
Diagonal band of BrocacontraDBB0
Substantia innominatacontraSI-0.5
Lateral preoptic areacontraLPO0
Medial preoptic areacontraMPA0
Medial preoptic nucleuscontraMPO-0.5
Posterodorsal preoptic nucleuscontraPDP-0.5
Parastriatal nucleuscontraPS-0.5
Posterior hypothalamic areacontraPHA0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa0
Perifornical nucleuscontraPeF0
Zona incertacontraZI1
Lateral habenular nucleuscontraLHb0
Medial habenular nucleuscontraMHb0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminaliscontraBST0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis magnocellular nucleuscontraBSTmc-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis posterolateral partcontraBSTPL-0.5
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ventral partcontraBNSTv-0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleuscontraCe-1
Central amygdaloid nucleus lateral divisioncontraCeL0.5
Central amygdaloid nucleus medial division rostral partcontraCeMR1
Globus palliduscontraGP0
Caudate putamencontraCPu0
Prefrontal cortexcontraPFC0

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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