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. 2019 Jun 19;39(25):5028–5037. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0140-19.2019

Table 2.

Anatomical constituents of the five identified brain modules

Module Brain regions Abbreviations
Insular-frontal Frontal cortex Fr3
Insular cortex DI, GI, AIP, and AID
Orbital cortex DLO
Primary motor cortex M1
Somatosensory cortex S1J, S1UpL, S1DZO, and S2
Frontal executive Cingulate cortex Cg1 and Cg2
Frontal association cortex FrA
Insular cortex AIV
Limbic cortex PrL and IL
Orbital cortex MO, VO, and LO
Retrosplenial cortex RSD and RSGc
Secondary motor cortex M2
Secondary visual cortex V2MM and right-V2ML
Sensory association Auditory cortex AuV, Au1, and AuD
Parietal cortex LPtA, MPtA, PtPR, and PtPD
Primary somatosensory cortex S1, S1DZ, S1FL, S1BF, S1HL, and S1Tr
Rhinal cortex Lent, PRh, and Ect
Temporal association cortex TeA
Visual cortex V1 and left-V2ML
Striatal Caudate putamen CPu
Nucleus accumbens (core and shell) NcbC and NcbS
Thalamic Anteromedial thalamic nucleus AM
Lateral posterior thalamic nucleus LPMR, LPMC, LPLR, and LPLC
Laterodorsal and anteroventral thalamic nuclei LDMM, LDVL, AVDM, and AVVL
Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus MDM and MDL
Parafascicular thalamic nucleus PF
Paratenial thalamic nucleus PT
Posterior thalamic nuclear group Po
Rhomboid and reuniens thalamic nuclei Rh and Re
Ventral thalamic nucleus VL, VA, VPL, and VPM

Abbreviations are based on those found in Paxinos and Watson (2007).