| List of regions which send connections to: SP | 
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|  Secondary motor area (MOs) | 
|  Anterior cingulate area (ACA) | 
|  Prelimbic area (PL) | 
|  Claustrum (CLA) | 
|  Central lateral nucleus of the thalamus (CL) | 
|  Zona incerta (ZI) | 
|  Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) | 
|  Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral part (VMHvl) | 
|  Retrochiasmatic area (RCH) | 
|  Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, medial parvicellular part, dorsal zone (PVHmpd) | 
|  Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, parvicellular division, anterior parvicellular part (PVHap) | 
|  Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, descending division, lateral parvicellular part (PVHlp) | 
|  Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, descending division, dorsal parvicellular part (PVHdp) | 
|  Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, descending division, medial parvicellular part, ventral zone (PVHmpv) | 
|  Superior colliculus (SC) | 
|  Parabrachial nucleus lateral division (PBl) | 
|  Pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) | 
|  Mesencephalic reticular nucleus (MRN) | 
|  Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT) | 
|  Sublaterodorsal nucleus (SLD) | 
|  Interstitial nucleus of Cajal (INC) | 
|  Periaqueductal gray (PAG) | 
|  Red nucleus (RN) |