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. 2016 Nov 3;13:70–81. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2016.11.002

Table 1.

Regions of Interest (ROIs) selected for functional connectivity, and the corresponding labels in the Paxinos and Watson (2007) atlas.

ROI # Acronym Acronym Substructures (see Paxinos and Watson, 2007, rat brain atlas)
1 Orbital frontal cortex - LH ofc-l Lateral orbital cortex (LO), ventral orbital cortex (VO)
2 Prelimbic cortex - LH prl-l Prelimbic cortex (PrL)
3 Nucleus accumbens core - LH acbc-l Accumbens nucleus, core (AcbC)
4 Nucleus accumbens shell - LH acbsh-l Accumbens nucleus, shell (AcbSh)
5 Caudate putamen - LH cpu-l Caudate putamen [striatum] (CPu)
6 Anterior cingulate cortex - LH acc-l Cingulate cortex, area 1 (Cg1), cingulate cortex, area 2 (Cg2)
7 Primary somatosensory cortex - LH sm1-l Primary somatosensory cortex, barrel field (S1BF)
8 Secondary somatosensory cortex - LH sm2-l Secondary somatosensory cortex (S2)
9 Globus pallidus - LH gp-l GP
10 Piriform cortex - LH pir-l Piriform cortex (Pir)
11 Retrosplenial cortex - LH rsp-l Retrosplenial dysgranular cortex (RSD), retrosplenial granular cortex, c region (RSGc)
12 Mediodorsal thalamic nuclei - LH mdt-l Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus, lateral part (MDL), mediodorsal thalamic nucleus, medial part (MDM)
13 Amygdala - LH amy-l Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus, anterior part (BLA), basolateral amygdaloid nucleus, posterior part (BLP)
14 Hippocampus - LH hc-l Field CA1 of the hippocampus (CA1), field CA3 of the hippocampus (CA3)
15 Auditory/temporal association cortex - LH aud-l Primary auditory cortex (Au1), secondary auditory cortex, dorsal area (AuD), secondary auditory cortex, ventral area (AuV), temporal association cortex (TeA)
16 Posterior parietal cortex - LH ppc-l Parietal cortex, posterior area, dorsal part (PtPD), parietal cortex, posterior area, dorsal part (PtPR)
17 Medial septum ms Medial septum (MS)
18 Orbital frontal cortex - RH ofc-r LO, VO
19 Prelimbic cortex - RH prl-r PrL
20 Nucleus accumbens core - RH acbc-r AcbC
21 Nucleus accumbens shell - RH acbsh-r AcbSh
22 Caudate putamen - RH cpu-r CP
23 Anterior cingulate cortex - RH acc-r Cg1, Cg2
24 Primary somatosensory cortex - RH sm1-r S1BF
25 Secondary somatosensory cortex - RH sm2-r S2
26 Globus pallidus - RH gp-r Globus pallidus (GP)
27 Piriform cortex - RH pir-r Pir
28 Retrosplenial cortex - RH rsp-r RSD, RSGc
29 Mediodorsal thalamic nuclei - RH mdt-r MDL, MDM
30 Amygdala - RH amy-r BLA, BLP
31 Hippocampus - RH hc-r CA1, CA3
32 Auditory/temporal association cortex - RH aud-r Au1, AuD, AuV, TeA
33 Posterior parietal cortex - RH ppc-r PtPD, PtPR
34 Cerebrospinal fluid (ventricles) - 1 csf1 Choroid plexus (chp, cerebrospinal fluid)
35 Cerebrospinal fluid (ventricles) - 2 csf2 Choroid plexus (chp, cerebrospinal fluid)