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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2015 Dec 8;524(7):1494–1526. doi: 10.1002/cne.23921

Table 1.

Abbreviations

3a, Area 3a
3b, Area 3b
1, Area 1
2, Area 2
D1– 5, Digits 1 – 5
BDA, Biotinylated dextran amine
B-HRP, Cholera toxin subunit B conjugated with wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish
peroxidase
C, Caudal
C1 – C8, Spinal cord cervical segments 1 – 8
CO, Cytochrome oxidase
CS, Central sulcus
CTB, Cholera toxin subunit B
Cu, Cuneate nucleus of brainstem
D, Dorsal
D1 – D5, Digits 1 – 5
DAB, 3,3-diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride
DCL, Dorsal column lesion
F, Myelinated fibers
L, Lateral
LLP, Lower lip
LS, Lateral sulcus
M, Medial
M1, Primary motor area
NR, No response
PMd, Dorsal premotor area
PMv, Ventral premotor area
PR, Parietal rostral somatosensory area
PV, Parietal ventral area
R, Rostral
RF, Receptive field
Ri, Retroinsular cortex
S2, Second somatosensory area
TMB, 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine
Tri, Trigeminal nucleus of brainstem
ULP, Upper lip
VGLUT2, Vesicular glutamate transporter 2
VP, Ventroposterior nucleus of thalamus
VPI, Ventroposterior inferior nucleus of thalamus
VPL, Ventroposterior lateral nucleus of thalamus
VPM, Ventroposterior medial nucleus of thalamus
VPS, Ventroposterior superior nucleus of thalamus
VS, Ventral somatosensory area
WGA-HRP, Wheat-germ agglutinin conjugated with horseradish peroxidase