Table 1.
List of anatomical abbreviations
| AP | Alar plate | MES | Intra-embryonic mesoderm |
| BP | Basal plate | MGE | Medial ganglionic eminence |
| CB | Cerebellar plate | ML | Mantle layer |
| CN | Caudal neuropore | MX | Maxillary process |
| CP | Cortical plate | NE | Neuroepithelial zone |
| Cx | Cortex | OC | Optic chiasma |
| CxA | Cortical telencephalic anlage | OP | Optic eminence |
| D | Diencephalon | OS | Optic stalk |
| DRG | Dorsal root ganglion | OV | Optic vesicle |
| DT | Dorsal thalamus | P1–P6 | Prosomeres 1–6 |
| E | Embryonic ectoderm | POA | Preoptic area |
| EC | Ectoplacental cone | PP | Primordial plexiform layer |
| EMT | Eminentia thalami | PRA | Prorhombomere A |
| EN | Primitive endoderm | PS | Primitive streak region |
| ET | Epithalamus | PT | Pretectal area |
| FB | Forebrain | R1–R8 | Rhombomeres 1–8 |
| HB | Hindbrain | RH | Rhombencephalon |
| HP | Hippocampus | S | Somite |
| Hy | Hypothalamus | SC | Spinal cord |
| I | Isthmus | ST | Striatum |
| IC | Inferior colliculus | SuC | Superior colliculus |
| IF | Isthmic fosa | T | Telencephalon |
| IN | Infundibulum | TF | Trophoblast |
| LGE | Lateral ganglionic eminence | TG | Trigeminal ganglion |
| M | Mesoderm | V | Ventricle |
| MA | Mammillary area | VT | Ventral thalamus |
| MB | Midbrain | YSC | Yolk sac cavity |
| MD | Mandibular process | ZL | Zona limitans |