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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2011 May 1;519(7):1301–1319. doi: 10.1002/cne.22571

TABLE 3.

Abbreviations Used in Figures and Tables

AAA anterior amygdaloid area MPN medial preoptic nucleus
ac anterior commissure mt mammillothalamic tract
ADP anterodorsal preoptic nucleus och optic chiasm
AHA anterior hypothalamic area opt optic tract
AHNa anterior hypothalamic nucleus, anterior part PaAP paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, anterior parvicellular
AHNc anterior hypothalamic nucleus, central part PaMP paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, medial parvicellular
AHNp anterior hypothalamic nucleus, posterior part PaPo paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, posterior
ARC arcuate hypothalamic nucleus PH posterior hypothalamic nucleus
AVP anteroventral preoptic nucleus PM premammillary nucleus
BMA basomedial amygdaloid nucleus PT parataenial thalamic nucleus
BSTad bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, anterodorsal PV periventricular hypothalamic nucleus
BSTav bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, anteroventral PVN paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
BSTif/v bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, interfascicular
  and ventral
PVT paraventricular thalamic nucleus
BSTpr bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, principle RCH retrochiasmatic area
cc corpus callosum Re reuniens thalamic nucleus
CeA central amygdaloid nucleus RT reticular thalamic nucleus
DMH dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus SCH suprachiasmatic nucleus
DMHa dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, anterior SI substantia innominata
DMHp dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, posterior SM stria medullaris
DMHv dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, ventral 3V third ventricle
F fornix Tub tuberal nucleus
int internal capsule VM ventromedial thalamic nucleus
LHA lateral hypothalamic area VMH ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus
LPO lateral proptic area VMHa ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, anterior part
LS lateral septum VMHc ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, central part
MA magnocellular preoptic nucleus VMHdm ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, dorsomedial part
MeA medial amygdaloid nucleus VMHvl ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, ventolateral part
MePO median preoptic nucleus VRe reuniens thalamic nucleus, ventral part
MPO medial preoptic area ZI zona incerta