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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropeptides. 2018 Feb 15;68:57–74. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2018.02.003

Table 1.

Abbreviations used.

Abbreviation Full name
3V Third ventricle
aca Anterior commissure
AHA Anterior hypothalamic area
APT Anterior pretectal nucleus
ARC Arcuate nucleus
BLA Basolateral amygdala
CeA Central amygdala
CeL Lateral division of the central amygdala
CeM Medial division of the central amygdala
cp Cerebral peduncle
CPu Caudate/putamen
DA Dopamine
DMH Dorsomedial hypothalamus
DR Dorsal raphe
DS Dorsal striatum
dSC Dorsal superior colliculus
EA Extended amygdala
ec External capsule
En Entorhinal cortex
FG Fluoro-Gold
fr frasiculus retroflexus
GFP Green fluorescent protein
ip Interpeduncular nucleus
IPAC Interstitial nucleus of the posterior limb of the anterior commissure
iSC Inferior superior colliculus
ISH in situ hybridization
LDTg Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus
LHA Lateral hypothalamic area
LO Lateral orbital cortex
LPAG Lateral periaqueductal grey
LPB Lateral parabrachial nucleus
LPO Lateral preoptic area
LS Lateral septum
ml Medial lemniscus
MPB medial parabrachial nucleus
MPN Median preoptic nucleus
MPO Medial preoptic area
mt mammillothalamic tract
NA Nucleus accumbens (all parts)
NAsh Nucleus accumbens shell
Nts Neurotensin
OFT Olfactory tubercle
PAG Periaqueductal grey
PB Parabrachial nucleus
PFC Prefrontal cortex
POA Preoptic area
PrL Prelimibc cortex
pSTN Para-substhalamic nucleus
PTg Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus
PVH Paraventricular hypothalamus
RMTg Rostromedial tegmental nucleus
SC Superior Colliculus
scp Superior cerebellar peduncle
SN Substantia nigra
SPTg subpeduncular tegmental nucleus
ST Stria terminalis (general)
sti Intermediate division of bed of stria terminals
stl Lateral division of bed of stria terminals
STN subthalamic nucleus
VLPAG Ventrolateral periaqueductal grey
VMH Ventromedial hypothalamus
VO Ventral orbital cortex
VP Ventral pallidum
VTA Ventral tegmental area
ZI Zona incerta