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. 2013 Oct 11;7:164. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00164

Table 1.

Abbreviations for brain areas, projection types, and firing types of pyramidal cells.

Abbreviations Description
Cortical areas
M1 Primary motor cortex
M2 Secondary motor cortex
OFC Orbitofrontal cortex
Pir Piriform cortex
PPC Posterior parietal cortex
PRC Perirhinal cortex
Te Ventral temporal association cortex
Thalamic nuclei
LP Lateral posterior nucleus
Po Posterior nucleus
VA Ventral anterior nucleus
VL Ventrolateral nucleus
VM Ventromedial nucleus
Projection types
CCS Crossed corticostriatal
COM Commissural
CPn Corticopontine
CSp Corticospinal
CTc Corticotectal
CTh Corticothalamic
CC Corticocortical
iCC Ipsilateral corticocortical
Firing types
FA Fast adapting
SA Slow adapting
SA-d Slow adapting with initial doublet
HHS Vulnerability Disclosure