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Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2018 Aug 24;165:106920. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2018.08.010

Table 2.

Acronyms for brain regions within the social circuit.

Brain Regions
AOS Accessory olfactory system
BLA Basolateral amygdala
BNST Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
CERBLM Cerebellum
Hab Habenula
HPC Hippocampus
IFC Infralimbic cortex
MeA Medial amygdala
MLDS Mesolimbic dopamine system
MOS Main olfactory system
(m)PFC (medial) Prefrontal cortex
MPOA Medial preoptic area
NAc Nucleus accumbens
PLC Prelimibc cortex
PVN Paraventricular nucleus
SN Substantia nigra
SON Supraoptic nucleus
VMH Ventral medial hypothalamus
VP Ventral pallidum
VTA Ventral tegmental area