| List of regions which send connections to: PF |
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| Primary motor area (MOp) |
| Secondary motor area (MOs) |
| Anterior cingulate area ventral part (ACAv) |
| Infralimbic area (ILA) |
| Orbital area medial part (ORBm) |
| Prelimbic area (PL) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis oval nucleus (BSTov) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis anterior division dorsomedial nucleus (BSTdm) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis anterior division magnocellular nucleus (BSTmg) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis posterior division principal nucleus (BSTpr) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis posterior division transverse nucleus (BSTtr) |
| Zona incerta (ZI) |
| Reticular nucleus of the thalamus (RT) |
| Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) |
| Lateral preoptic area (LPO) |
| Medial preoptic area (MPO) |
| Medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) |
| Superior colliculus (SC) |
| Pontine reticular nucleus caudal part (PRNc) |
| Nucleus incertus diffuse part (NId) |
| Dorsal tegmental nucleus (DTN) |
| Precommissural nucleus (PRC) |
| Substantia nigra (SN) |