| List of regions which send connections to: VMH |
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| Subiculum ventral part (SUBv) |
| Infralimbic area (ILA) |
| Perirhinal area (PERI) |
| Lateral septal nucleus ventral part (LSv) |
| Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part (MEAad) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis (BST) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis posterior division interfascicular nucleus (BSTif) |
| Substantia innominata (SI) |
| Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) |
| Lateral preoptic area (LPO) |
| Anterior hypothalamic area (AHA) |
| Retrochiasmatic area (RCH) |
| Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCH) |
| Anterior hypothalamic central part (AHNc) |
| Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part (AHNa) |
| Medial preoptic area (MPO) |
| Anteroventral preoptic nucleus (AVP) |
| Anterodorsal preoptic nucleus (ADP) |
| Medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) |
| Anterior pretectal nucleus (APN) |
| Superior colliculus (SC) |
