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. 2022 Feb 16;16:784835. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.784835

Table 1.

Summary of abbreviations of the teleost brain areas analyzed, with the corresponding putative homologies with the mammalian brain.

Abbreviations Teleost brain region Mammalian putative brain homolog
Dm Medial zone Dorsal Telencephalic area Basolateral Amygdala
Dl Lateral zone of Dorsal Telencephalic area Hippocampus
Vv Ventral nucleus of Ventral Telencephalic area Lateral Septum
Vd Dorsal nucleus of Ventral Telencephalic area Nucleus Accumbens; Striatum
Vc Central nucleus of Ventral Telencephalic area Nucleus Accumbens; Striatum
Vs Suppracomissural nucleus of Ventral Telencephalic area Medial amygdala and Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
Ppa Anterior part of the Parvocellular preoptic area Preoptic area
Ppp Posterior part of the Parvocellular preoptic area Preoptic area
PM Magnocellular preoptic area Preoptic area
aTn Anterior Tuberal nucleus Ventromedial Hypothalamus
Hv Ventral zone of periventricular hypothalamus Anterior Hypothalamus
TPp Periventricular nucleus of the posterior tuberculum Ventral tegmental area
Had Dorsal habenula Medial habenula
Hav Ventral habenula Lateral habenula

O’Connell and Hofmann (2011).