| List of regions which send connections to: MA |
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| Prelimbic area (PL) |
| Ventral temporal association areas (TEv) |
| Nucleus accumbens (ACB) |
| Septohippocampal nucleus (SH) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis anterolateral area (BSTal) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis rhomboid nucleus (BSTrh) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone (BSTsc) |
| Magnocellular preoptic nucleus (MA) |
| Substantia innominata (SI) |
| Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) |
| Retina (R) |
| Superior central nucleus raphe (CS) |
