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. 2014 May 15;8:106. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00106

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Copyright © 2014 Borgers, Koopman, Bisschop, Serlie, Swaab, Fliers, la Fleur and Alkemade.

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(A) Schematic illustration of the distribution of immunoreactive serotonin transporter (SERT) fibers in coronal sections (rostral and caudal) of the human hypothalamus. Abbreviations: AC, anterior commissure; BST, bed nucleus of the striae terminalis; DBB, diagonal band of Broca; FO, fornix; IFN, infundibular nucleus; LV, lateral ventricle; NTL, lateral tuberal nucleus; OT, optic tract; PVN, paraventricular nucleus; SCN, suprachiasmatic nucleus; SDN, sexually dimorphic nucleus; SON, supraoptic nucleus; TMN, tuberomamillary nucleus; III, third ventricle. (B) SERT staining, ependymal layer at the level of the PVN bar = 100 μm, (C) suprachiasmatic nucleus, bar = 250 μm, (D) infundibular nucleus, bar = 500 μm. ^*Indicates the third ventricle. High power inserts are from the same anatomical structures.