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. 2023 Jul 21;24(14):11736. doi: 10.3390/ijms241411736
AId Agranular insular area, dorsal part
CA Ammon’s horn (Hippocampal Formation)
ACA Anterior cingulate area
AHNc Anterior hypothalamic nucleus
AHNp Anterior hypothalamic nucleus, posterior part
AON Anterior olfactory nucleus
ARH Arcuate hypothalamic nucleus
AP Area postrema
B Barrington’s nucleus (Pontine Urinary Center)
BSTa Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division
BSTad Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, dorsal part
BSTav Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, ventral part
BSTp Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, posterior division
BAC Bed nucleus of the anterior commissure
CEA Central amygdalar nucleus
CL Central lateral nucleus of the thalamus
CM Central medial nucleus of the thalamus
CLA Claustrum
CN Cochlear nuclei
COA Cortical amygdalar area
CTXsp Cortical subplate
CU Cuneate nucleus
DpMe Deep mesencephalic nucleus
DG Dentate gyrus
DMX Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve
DP Dorsal peduncular area
DTr Dorsal transition zone
DMH Dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus
EW Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Epd Endopiriform nucleus, dorsal part
ECU External cuneate nucleus
CA3 Field CA3
FS Fundus of striatum
G Geniculate nucleus
GU Gustatory areas
XII Hypoglossal nucleus
IO Inferior olivary complex
ILA Infralimbic area
IF Interfascicular nucleus raphe
IPN Interpeduncular nucleus
LVOV Lateral and ventral orbital cortex ventral part
LHA Lateral hypothalamic area
LRN Lateral reticular nucleus
LS Lateral septal nucleus
LC Locus coeruleus
MCLHD Magnocellular nucleus, lateral hypothalamic area dorsal part
MCLHV Magnocellular nucleus, lateral hypothalamic area ventral part
MOBgl Main olfactory bulb, glomerular layer
MOBopl Main olfactory bulb, outer plexiform layer
MEA Medial amygdalar nucleus
MPN Medial preoptic nucleus
MV Medial vestibular nucleus
RE Nucleus of reuniens
NLOT Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract
NTS Nucleus of the solitary tract
PRP Nucleus prepositus
RPA Nucleus prepositus
X Nucleus x
Mm Mus musculus
OT Olfactory tubercle
O Orbital cortex
PSTN Parasubthalamic nucleus
PVH Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
PVTa Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, anterior
PVTp Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, posterior
PAG Periaqueductal gray
PeF Perifornical nucleus
PVR Periventricular region
PIR Piriform area
PCG Pontine central gray
PG Pontine gray
PGdm Pontine nucleus, dorsomedial part
PHd Posterior hypothalamic nucleus, dorsal part
PHp Posterior hypothalamic nucleus
PHv Posterior hypothalamic nucleus, ventral part
PIL Posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleus
PMTH Posteromedial thalamic area [intermediodorsal nu of the thalamus; subparafascicular area]
PRC Precommissural nucleus
PL Prelimbic area
PM Premammillary nucleus
Mop Primary motor area
SSp Primary somatosensory area
RSP Retrosplenial area
RH Rhomboid nucleus
MOs Secondary motor area
SNc Substantia nigra, compact part
CS Superior central nucleus raphe
SCs Superior colliculus, sensory related
SSs Supplemental somatosensory area
SCH Suprachiasmatic nucleus
SUM Supramammillary nucleus
SO Supraoptic nucleus
TTv Taenia tecta, ventral part
TRN Tegmental reticular nucleus
LGv Ventral part of the lateral geniculate complex
VMH Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus
ZI Zona incerta