Table 3.

Distribution of BRS‐3 mRNA in the rat central nervous system

Abbreviations	Structures	BRS‐3 mRNA
AcbSh	Accumbens nucleus shell	+
LSD	Lateral septal nucleus dorsal part	++
IPAC	Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure	+
MPA	Medial preoptic area	+++
MnPO	Median preoptic nucleus	+++
VLPo	Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus	+++
SCN	Suprachiasmatic nucleus	+
PVH	Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	+++
DMH	Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus	+++
PH	Posterior hypothalamic nucleus	+++
LH	Lateral hypothalamic area	+
PeFLH	Perifornical part of lateral hypothalamus	++
ArcMP	Arcuate nucleus, medial posterior part	++
ArcLP	Arcuate nucleus, lateroposterior part	++
TMN	Tuberomammillary nucleus	+
MHb	Medial habenular nucleus	+++
MeA	Medial amygdaloid nucleus	+
CA3	Field CA3 of the hippocampus (not pyramidal cell layer)	+
LPB	Lateral parabrachial nucleus	+++
LC	Locus coeruleus	+

+++, highest; ++, moderate density; +, low density;