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. 2006 Feb 1;26(5):1448–1456. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3777-05.2006

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Verification of ligand pellet placement. The locations of pellets were localized in cresyl-violet-stained sections by identifying pellet location relative to the desired region. A, Typical histology with hormone-containing pellets indicated. B–D, Placement of the pellets from a representative experiment with locations plotted onto atlas diagrams of the brain in the region of the PVN [diagrams adapted from Swanson (1998/1999)]. Each black dot represents the center of a hormone pellet. V3, Third ventricle; PVH, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus; PVHdp, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, dorsal parvicellular part; PVHmpd, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, medial parvicellular part; PVHpml, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, posterior magnocellular part, lateral zone; PVHpmm, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, posterior magnocellular part, medial zone; PVHpv, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, periventricular part; PVHlp, paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, lateral pariventricular part; RE, nucleus reunions; REd, nucleus reunions, rostral division, dorsal part; REl, nucleus reunions, rostral division, lateral part; REm, nucleus reunions, rostral division, median part; PVa, periventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior part; PVi, periventricular hypothalamic nucleus, intermediate part; SBPV, subparaventricular zone hypothalamus; ZI, zona incerta; fx, columns of the fornix; AHNa, anterior hypothalymic nucleus, anterior part; AHNc, anterior hypothalymic nucleus, central part; AHNd, anterior hypothalymic nucleus, dorsal part; AHNp, anterior hypothalymic nucleus, posterior part; RCH, retrochiasmatic area; sup, supraoptic commissures; ARH, arcuate hypothalamic nucleus; VMHa, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, anterior part; VMHc, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, central part; VMHdm, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, dorsomedial part; VMHvl, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, ventrolateral part; MEin, median eminence, internal lamina; MEex, median eminence, external lamina; TU, tuberal nucleus; VM, ventromedial nucleus; SMT, submedial nucleus thalamus; PR, perireuniens nucleus; mtt, mammillothalamic tract.