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. 2021 May 17;12:2859. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22915-5

Table 1.

Table of brain structure abbreviations.

Acronym Full structure name
AAA Anterior amygdalar area
ac Anterior commissure
ACAd Anterior cingulate cortical area, dorsal part
 cACAd  Anterior cingulate cortical area, dorsal part, caudal region
 rACAd  Anterior cingulate cortical area, dorsal part, rostral region
ACAv Anterior cingulate cortical area, ventral part
 cACAv  Anterior cingulate cortical area, ventral part, caudal region
 rACAv  Anterior cingulate cortical area, ventral part, rostral region
ACB Nucleus accumbens
AD Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus
ADP Anterodorsal preoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus
AHN Anterior hypothalamic nucleus
AI Agranular insular cortical area
 AId  Agranular insular cortical area, dorsal part
 AIp  Agranular insular cortical area, posterior part
 AIv  Agranular insular cortical area, ventral part
AM Anteromedial nucleus of the thalamus
 AMd  Anteromedial nucleus of the thalamus, dorsal part
 AMv  Anteromedial nucleus of the thalamus, ventral part
AON Anterior olfactory nucleus
 AONm  Anterior olfactory nucleus, medial part
 AONpv  Anterior olfactory nucleus, posteroventral part
ARH Arcuate hypothalamic nucleus
AUD Auditory cortical area
 AUDd  Dorsal auditory cortical area
 AUDp  Primary auditory cortical area
 AUDv  Ventral auditory cortical area
AV Anteroventral nucleus of the thalamus
AVP Anteroventral preoptic nucleus
AVPV Anteroventral periventricular nucleus
bic Brachium of the inferior colliculus
BLA Basolateral amygdalar complex
 BLAa  Basolateral amygdalar nucleus, anterior part
 BLA.ac  Basolateral amydalar nucleus, anterior part, caudal domain
 BLA.al  Basolateral amydalar nucleus, anterior part, lateral domain
 BLA.am  Basolateral amydalar nucleus, anterior part, medial domain
 BLAp  Basolateral amygdalar nucleus, posterior part
 BLAv  Basolateral amygdalar nucleus, ventral part
BMA Basomedial amygdalar nucleus
 BMAa  Basomedial amygdalar nucleus, anterior part
 BMAp  Basomedial amygdalar nucleus, posterior part
BST Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
 BSTal  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, anterolateral nucleus
 BSTam  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, anteromedial nucleus
 BSTdm  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, dorsomedial nucleus
 BSTif  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, interfascicular nucleus
 BSTmg  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, magnocellular nucleus
 BSTpr  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, principal nucleus
 BSTtr  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, transverse nucleus
 BSTv  Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, ventral nucleus
CA1 Hippocampal field CA1
 CA1d  CA1 dorsal
 CA1_slm  CA1 stratum lacunosum-moleculare
 CA1_so  CA1 stratum oriens
 CA1_sp  CA1 pyramidal layer
 CA1_sr  CA1 stratum radiatum
 CA1v  CA1 ventral
CA2 Hippocampal field CA2
 CA2_so  CA2 stratum oriens
CA3 Hippocampal field CA3
 CA3_so  CA3 stratum oriens
 CA3_sp  CA3 pyramidal layer
CEA Central amygdalar nucleus
CLA Claustrum
CM Central medial nucleus of the thalamus
COA Cortical amygdalar area
 COAa  Cortical amygdalar area, anterior part
 COApl  Cortical amygdalar area, posterior part, lateral zone
 COApm  Cortical amygdalar area, posterior part, medial zone
CP Caudoputamen
 CPc  Caudoputamen, caudal part
 CPc.dm  Caudoputamen, caudal part, dorsomedial domain
 CPc.v  Caudoputamen, caudal part, ventral domain
 CPi  Caudoputamen, intermediate part
 CPi.dm  Caudoputamen, intermediate part, dorsomedial domain
 CPi.v  Caudoputamen, intermediate part, ventral domain
 CPi.vl  Caudoputamen, intermediate part, ventrolateral domain
 CPi.vm  Caudoputamen, intermediate part, ventromedial domain
DMH Dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus
DP Dorsal peduncular area
ECT Ectorhinal cortical area
 cECT  Ectorhinal cortical area, caudal region
 rECT  Ectorhinal cortical area, rostral region
ENT Entorhinal cortical area
 ENTl  Entorhinal cortical area, lateral part
 cENTl  Entorhinal cortical area, lateral part, caudal region
 rENTl  Entorhinal cortical area, lateral part, rostral region
ENTm Entorhinal cortical area, medial part
EP Endopiriform nucleus
 EPd  Endopiriform nucleus, dorsal part
 EPv  Endopiriform nucleus, ventral part
fr Fasciculus retroflexus
FS Fundus of the striatum
GU Gustatory cortical area
IAD Interanterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus
ILA Infralimbic cortical area
IMD Intermediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus
int Internal capsule
LA Lateral amygdalar area
LD Laterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus
LHA Lateral hypothalamic area
LP Lateral posterior nucleus of the thalamus
LPO Lateral preoptic nucleus
LS Lateral septal nucleus
 LSc  Lateral septal nucleus, caudal part
 LSr  Lateral septal nucleus, rostral part
 LSv  Lateral septal nucleus, ventral part
MB Midbrain
MD Mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus
 MDm  Mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus, medial part
MEA Medial amygdalar nucleus
 MEAad  Medial amygdalar nucleus, anterodorsal part
 MEAav  Medial amygdalar nucleus, anteroventral part
 MEApd  Medial amygdalar nucleus, posterodorsal part
 MEApv  Medial amygdalar nucleus, posteroventral part
MEPO Median preoptic nucleus
MG Medial geniculate complex
 MGd  Medial geniculate complex, dorsal part
 MGm  Medial geniculate complex, medial part
 MGv  Medial geniculate complex, ventral part
MM Medial mammillary nucleus
MOp Primary motor cortical area
 MOp m  Primary motor cortical area, mouth region
 MOp ul  Primary motor cortical area, upper limb region
 rMOp  Primary motor cortical area, rostral region
MOs Secondary motor cortical area
 MOs fef  Secondary motor cortical area, frontal eye field region
 MOs ul  Secondary motor cortical area, upper limb region
 rMOs  Secondary motor cortical area, rostral region
MPN Medial preoptic nucleus
MPO Medial preoptic area
MRN Midbrain reticular nucleus
MS Medial septal nuclei
mtt Mammillothalamic tract
NDB Nucleus of the diagonal band
NLOT Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract
ORB Orbital cortical area
 ORBl  Orbital cortical area, lateral part
 ORBm  Orbital cortical area, medial part
 ORBvl  Orbital cortical area, ventrolateral part
OT Olfactory tubercle
PA Posterior amygdalar nucleus
PAA Piriform amygdalar area
PAR Parasubiculum
PERI Perirhinal cortical area
 cPERI  Perirhinal cortical area, caudal region
 rPERI  Perirhinal cortical area, rostral region
PF Parafascicular nucleus of the thalamus
PH Posterior hypothalamic nucleus
PIR Piriform cortical area
PL Prelimbic cortical area
PMv Ventral premammillary nucleus
POST Postsubiculum
PP Peripeduncular nucleus
PRE Presubiculum
PT Parataenial nucleus of the thalamus
PTLp Posterior parietal association area
PVp Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus, posterior part
PVT Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus
 cPVT  Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, caudal region
 rPVT  Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, rostral region
RCH Retrochiasmatic area
RE Reuniens nucleus of the thalamus
RH Rhomboid nucleus of the thalamus
RR Retrorubral area
RSP Retrosplenial cortical area
 RSPagl  Retrosplenial cortical area, agranular part
 RSPd  Retrosplenial cortical area, dorsal part
 RSPv  Retrosplenial cortical area, ventral part
RT Reticular nucleus of the thalamus
SC Superior colliculus
SI Substantia innominata
sm Stria medullaris
SN Substantia nigra
 SNc  Substantia nigra, compact part
 SNr  Substantia nigra reticular part
SPFp Subfascicular nucleus, parvocellular part
SSp Primary somatosensory cortical area
 SSp m  Primary somatosensory cortical area, mouth region
SSs Supplementary somatosensory cortical area
SUB Subiculum
 SUBd  Subiculum, dorsal part
 SUBv  Subiculum, ventral part
 SUBv_m  Subiculum, ventral part, molecular layer
 SUBv_sp  Subiculum, ventral part, pyramidal layer
 SUBv_sr  Subiculum, ventral part, stratum radiatum
TEa Temporal association cortical area
 cTEa  Temporal association cortical area, caudal region
 rTEa  Temporal association cortical area, rostral region
TM Tuberomammillary nucleus
 TMd  Tuberomammillary nucleus, dorsal part
 TMv  Tuberomammillary nucleus, ventral part
TR Postpiriform transition area
TT Taenia tecta
 TTd  Taenia tecta, dorsal part
 TTv  Taenia tecta, ventral part
TU Tuberal nucleus
VIS Visual cortical area
 VISal  Anterolateral visual cortical area
 VISam  Anteromedial visual cortical area
 VISl  Lateral visual cortical area
 VISp  Primary visual cortical area
VISC Visceral cortical area
VLPO Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus
VMH Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus
 VMHd  Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, dorsal part
VP Ventral pallidum
VPMpc Ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus, parvocellular part

Lower case, italicized acronyms denote fiber tracts.