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. 2015 Aug 24;9:101. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00101

Table 1.

Abbreviations of anatomical primate brain regions and nuclei.

Amygdala region Amy Amygdala
Ce Central nucleus
M Medial nucleus
BLA Basolateral complex
LA Lateral nucleus
B Basal nucleus
AB Accessory basal nucleus
ITC Intercalated cell masses
Basal ganglia NAcc Nucleus accumbens
VSTR Ventral striatum
Brainstem LC Locus coeruleus
Frontal lobe ACC Anterior cingulate cortex
FEF Frontal eye fields
PFC Prefrontal cortex
lPFC Lateral PFC
mPFC Medial PFC
dlPFC Dorsolateral PFC
vlPFC Ventrolateral PFC
vmPFC Ventromedial PFC
Inferior temporal lobe IT Inferior temporal cortex
FFA Fusiform face area
TE Anterior IT
TEO Posterior IT
Insular cortex AI Anterior insula
Ia Agranular field
Id Dysgranular field
Ig Granular field
Midbrain PAG Periaqueductal gray
SC Superior colliculus
VTA Ventral tegmental area
Occipital lobe VC Visual cortex
V1 Primary visual cortex
V2 Secondary visual cortex
V3 Visual area V3
V4 Visual area V4
MT Middle temporal area/V5
Orbitofrontal cortex OFC Orbitofrontal cortex
lOFC Lateral OFC
mOFC Medial OFC
pOFC Posterior OFC
Parietal cortex LIP Lateral intraparietal cortex
IPL Inferior parietal lobe
IPS Intraparietal sulcus
Thalamus LGN lateral geniculate nucleus
Pulv Pulvinar
PI Inferior pulvinar
PL Lateral pulvinar
PM Medial puvlinar