| List of regions which send connections to: NTS |
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| Secondary motor area (MOs) |
| Infralimbic area (ILA) |
| Prelimbic area (PL) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis (BST) |
| Substantia innominata (SI) |
| Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) |
| Medial preoptic area (MPO) |
| Medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) |
| Medial preoptic nucleus central part (MPNc) |
| Medial preoptic nucleus lateral part (MPNl) |
| Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) |
| Anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) |
| Anterior pretectal nucleus (APN) |
| Paragigantocellular reticular nucleus lateral part (PGRNl) |
| Periaqueductal gray (PAG) |
