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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2007 May 4;1156:99–111. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.061

Table 2.

Abbreviations for Identified Brain Structures Based on the Naming Conventions of Paxinos and Watson (1998).

10 Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus
12 Hypoglossal nucleus
3 Oculomotor nucleus
3V Third ventricle
3Vec Ependymal cell layer, 3rd ventricle
4V Fourth ventricle
6 Abducens nucleus
7 Facial nerve
7n Nucleus of the facial nerve
8n Vestibulocochlear nerve
ac Anterior commissure
AcbC Nucleus accumbens, core
AcbSh Nucleus accumbens, shell
aci Anterior commissure, intrabulbar
ACo Anterior corticoamygdaloid area
AH Anterior hypothalamic area
AHA Anterior hypothalamic area, anterior
Amy Amygdala
AOB Accessory olfactory bulb
AP Area postrema
asc7 Ascending fibers of the facial nerve
bas Basilar artery
bv Blood vessels
CA1-3 Field 1-3 of Ammon's Horn
CbL Cerebellar Lobule
Cbw Cerebellar white matter
cc Corpus callosum
CG Central grey
ChP Choroid plexus
Cl Claustrum
cp Cerebellar peduncule, basal
CPu Caudate putamen
csc Commissure of the superior colliculus
cst Commissural stria terminalis
Cx Cerebral cortex
D3V Third ventricle, dorsal part
DEn Dorsal endopiriform nucleus
DG Dentate gyrus
DMH Dorsomedial hypothalamic area
DpMe Deep mesencephalic nucleus
DTg Dorsal tegmental nucleus
dtgx Dorsal tegmental decussation
DTr Dorsal transition zone
ECu External cuneate nucleus
f Fornix
fi Fimbria
fr Fasciculus retroflexus
g7 Genu of the facial nerve
Gi Giga ntoce llular nuc leus
GP Globus Pallidus
Gr Gracile nucleus
gr Gracile fasciculus
HDBB Diagonal Band of Broca, Horizontal Limb
HiF Hippocampal Fissure
HIP Hippocampus
ic Internal capsule
IC Inferior colliculus
ICj Islands of Calleja
icp Inferior cerebellar peduncle
Int Interposed cerebellar nucleus
IPN Interpeduncular nucleus
IPNa Interpeduncular nucleus, apical
IPNc Interpeduncular nucleus, caudal
IPNr Interpeduncular nucleus, rostral
Lat Lateral cerebellar nucleus
LC Locus coeruleus
lfp Pontine longitudinal fasciculus
LH Lateral hypothalamic area
lot Lateral olfactory tract
LPB Lateral parabrachial nucleus
LPO Lateral preoptic area
LRt Lateral reticular nucleus
LS Lateral septum
mcp Middle cerebellar peduncle
MCPO Magnocellular preoptic area
MD Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus
Me5 Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus
Med Medial cerebellar nucleus
mlf Medial longitudinal fasciculus
MM Medial mammillary nucleus, medial part
MnPO Median preoptic nucleus
Mo5 Motor trigeminal nucleus
MRF Medullary reticular field
mt Mammilotegmental tract
MVe Medial vestibular nucleus
OB Olfactory bulb
ocb Olivocochlear bundle
opt Optic tract
ox Optic chiasm
pc Posterior commissure
PDTg Posterodorsal tegmental nucleus
Pe Periventricular hypothalamic area
PH Posterior hypothalamic area
Pir Piriform cortex
PM Posterior mammillary nucleus
Pn Pontine nuclei
PnC Caudal pontine reticular nucleus
PnO Oral pontine reticular nucleus
PO Periolivary nucleus
POA Preoptic hypothalamic area
PrF Primary fissure of the cerebellum
PV Paraventricular thalamic nucleus
PVA Paraventricular thalamus, anterior
PVG Periventricular grey
PVH Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
PVP Paraventricular thalamus, posterior
py Pyramidal tract
pyx Pyramidal decussation
R Red nucleus
Re Reuniens thalamic nucleus
RtTg Retrotegmental nucleus
s5 Trigeminal nerve, sensory root
SC Superior colliculus
scp Superior cerebellar peduncle
SFO Subfornical organ
sm Stria medullaris
SNr Substantia nigra pars reticulate
SO Supraoptic nucleus
ml Medial lemniscus
Sol Solitary tract nucleus
sol Solitary tract
sox Supraoptic decussation
Sp5 Spinal trigeminal tract nucleus
sp5 Spinal trigeminal tract
Sp5C Spinal trigeminal tract, caudal
SpVe Spinal vestibular nucleus
st Stria terminalis
Th Thalamus
tfp Transverse pontine fibers
TM Tuberomammillary nucleus
Tu Olfactory tubercle
tz Trapezoid body
VDBB Diagonal Band of Broca, vertical limb
vHIP Hippocampus, ventral part
VMH Ventromedial hypothalamic area
VP Ventral pallidum
vsc Ventral spinocerebellar tract
vtgx Ventral tegmental decussation
xscp Decussation of the superior cerebellar peduncle
ZI Zona incerta