Table 2.
Topographic regions of the rhesus monkey hypothalamus and their constituent nuclei
| Region | Nucleus | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| Caudal | Lateral mamillary nucleus | LM |
| Medial mamillary nucleus | MM | |
| Paramamillary nucleus | PM | |
| Perimamillary nucleus | PeM | |
| Subthalamic nucleus | STN | |
| Supramamillary nucleus | SM | |
| Tuberal and medial | Area of the tuber cinereum | TCA |
| Arcuate nucleus | ARC | |
| Dorsomedial nucleus | DM | |
| Perifornical nucleus | Pef | |
| Premamillary nucleus | PreM | |
| Tuberomamillary nucleus | TM | |
| Ventromedial nucleus (core and shell) | VMc/VMs | |
| Rostral | Lateral hypothalamic area | LA |
| Paraventricular nucleus (magnocellular and parvicellular groups) | PaM/PaP | |
| Rostral paraventricular nucleus | RPa | |
| Suprachiasmatic nucleus | SCH | |
| Supraoptic nucleus | SO |