on the basis of their distribution a caudal and a rostral part can be discriminated : the caudal part extends from the area of the dopamine-containing cell bodies in the caudal thalamus , the posterior hypothalamic area and the medial zona incerta ( the a11 and a13 cell groups ) into the dorsal part of the dorso-medial nucleus and the dorsal and anterior hypothalamic areas ;
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thalamus
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dorsal