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. 2019 Oct 8;6(5):ENEURO.0198-19.2019. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0198-19.2019

Table 4.

Abbreviations of anatomical regions used in text and/or figures

Anatomical region Abbreviation Anatomical region Abbreviation
Anterior commissure Aca Medial forebrain bundle MFB
Anterodorsal preoptic nucleus ADP Medial habenula mHb
Anterior olfactory area AO Medial preoptic area MPA
Arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus Arc Medial parabrachial nucleus MPB
Basolateral amygdala BLA Medial raphe nucleus MnR
Basolateral amygdala posterior part BLP Nucleus accumbens core NacC
Bed nucleus stria terminalis BNST Nucleus accumbens shell NAcSH
CA1 region of hippocampus CA1 Olfactory tubercle OT
CA3 region of hippocampus CA3 Periaqueductal gray PAG
Cerebellum Cb Parabrachial pigmented area PBP
Corpus callosum cc Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus Pe
Central amygdala CeA Prefrontal cortex PFC
Caudal linear raphe nucleus CLi Cortico/Hip amygdala PMCo/AHiAL
Caudate putamen Cpu Premammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus PMH
Dopamine DA Retromammillary nucleus RMN
Dorsal raphe DR Paranigral nucleus PN
Dorsal aspect third ventricle D3V Edinger-Westphal nucleus prEW/EW
Glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb GI Rostral linear raphe nucleus RLi
Hypothalamus Hyp Raphe nucleus RN
Inferior colliculus IC Retrorubral field RRF
Interfascicular nucleus IF Reticulotegmental nucleus of the pons RtTg
Interpeduncular nucleus IPN Substantia nigra pars compacta SNc
Lateral habenula LHb Substantia nigra pars reticulata SNr
Lateral hypothalamus LH Subthalamic nucleus STN
Lateral septum LS Ventral tegmental area VTA
Lateral ventricle LV Zona incerta ZI
Median emminence ME Third ventricle 3V
Medial amygdala posterior part MePD/PV