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. 2019 Jan 23;85(1):11–30. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy635

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Figure 3. — Schematic representation of the main connections of the central, medial, basolateral, and basomedial amygdala nuclei. Acb: nucleus accumbens; AH: anterior hypothalamic area; AHN: anterior hypothalamic nucleus; AI: agranular insular cortex; AO: anterior olfactory nucleus; AOB: accessory olfactory bulb; Arc: arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus; BNST: bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Cl: claustrum; CM: central medial thalamic nucleus; CnF: cuneiform nucleus; DB: nucleus of the diagonal band; DM: dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; DR: dorsal raphe nucleus; En: endopiriform nucleus; Ent: entorhinal cortex; GP: globus pallidus; IL: infralimbic cortex; IMD: intermediodorsal thalamic nucleus; LC: locus coeruleus; LDTg: laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; LH: lateral hypothalamic area; LPO: lateral preoptic area; MD: mediodorsal thalamic nucleus; MG: medial geniculate nucleus; MPO: medial preoptic area; OB: olfactory bulb; Pa: paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; PAG: periaqueductal gray; PaS: parasubiculum; PB: parabrachial nucleus; Pe: periventricular hypothalamic nucleus; PeF: perifornical nucleus; PFC: prefrontal cortex; Pir: piriform cortex; PM: premammillary nucleus; PoMn: posteromedial thalamic nucleus; PP: peripeduncular nucleus; PRh: perirhinal cortex; PrL: prelimbic cortex; PT: paratenial thalamic nucleus; PV: paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus; PVA: paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Re: reuniens thalamic nucleus; SG: suprageniculate thalamic nucleus; SI: substantia innominate; SN: substantia nigra; Sol: nucleus of the solitary tract; SPF: subparafascicular thalamic nucleus; Su: subiculum; SuM: supramammillary nucleus; Te: temporal cortex; TuLH: tuberal region of lateral hypothalamus; VMH: ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus; VTA: ventral tegmental area.