| ARC | Arcuate nucleus |
| AVP | Arginine vasopressin |
| AVPV | Anteroventral periventricular nucleus |
| BNST | Bed nucleus stria terminalis |
| CP | Corpus striatum |
| CRF | Corticotropin-releasing factor |
| ERα | Estrogen receptor α |
| ERβ | Estrogen receptor β |
| Esr2 | Estrogen receptor gene |
| MeA | Medial amygdala |
| OVLT | Organum vasculosum laminae terminalis |
| OXT | Oxytocin |
| PVN | Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus |
| SCN | Suprachiasmatic nucleus |
| SON | Supraoptic nucleus |
| vlh | Ventrolateral hypothalamic tract |
| VMHvl | Ventrolateral parts of ventromedial hypothalamus |
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