Table 1.
Atlas-based network regions.
| Atlas description | Paxinos and Watson atlas labels |
|---|---|
| Agranular insular cortex – dorsal part | AID |
| Agranular insular cortex – posterior part | AIP |
| Agranular insular cortex – ventral part | AIV |
| Amygdaloid nuclei | ACo, BL, BLA, BLP, BLV, BM, BMA, BMP, Ce, CeC, CeL, CeM, CeMAD, CeMAV, CeMPV, IM, La, LaDL, LaVL, LaVM, Me, MeA, MeAD, MeAV, MePD, MePV, PLCo, PMCo |
| Primary auditory cortex | Au1 |
| Secondary auditory cortex – dorsal area | AuD |
| Secondary auditory cortex – ventral area | AuV |
| Cingulate cortex – area 1 | Cg1 |
| Cingulate cortex - area 2 | Cg2 |
| Caudate putamen | CPu |
| Dysgranular insular cortex | DI |
| Frontal cortex – area 3 | Fr3 |
| Granular insular cortex | GI |
| Globus pallidus | EGP,IGP |
| Hippocampus | vhc, dhc, GrDG, CA1, CA2, CA3, Or, MoDG, Py, Rad, SLu, LMol, FC, PoDG |
| Lateral parietal association cortex | LPtA |
| Primary motor cortex | M1 |
| Secondary motor cortex | M2 |
| Medial parietal association cortex | MPtA |
| Nucleus accumbens | AcbSh, AcbC, LAcbSh |
| Piriform cortex | Pir |
| prelimbic cortex | PrL |
| Parietal cortex – posterior area – dorsal part | PtPD |
| Parietal cortex – posterior area – rostral part | PtPR |
| Retrosplenial cortex | RSGa, RSGb, RSGc, RSD |
| Rhinal cortex | DIEnt, DLEnt, Ect, Ent, LEnt, MEnt, PRh, VIEnt |
| Reticular thalamic nucleus | Rt |
| Primary somatosensory cortex | S1 |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – barrel field | S1BF |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – dysgranular zone | S1DZ |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – oral dysgranular zone | S1DZO |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – forelimb region | S1FL |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – hindlimb region | S1HL |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – jaw region | S1J |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – shoulder region | S1Sh |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – trunk region | S1Tr |
| Primary somatosensory cortex – upper lip region | S1ULp |
| Secondary somatosensory cortex | S2 |
| Substantia nigra – reticular part | SNR |
| Temporal association cortex | TeA |
| Thalamus | MD, MDC, MDL, MDM, MDPL, PV, PVA, PVP, VPL, VPM, Po, VL |
| Visual cortex | V1, V1B, V1M, V2L, V2ML, V2MM |
Note: All 42 unilateral rat brain atlas regions (16 sensorimotor network regions in bold) were based on 3D renderings from the Paxinos and Watson rat brain atlas.