| Abbreviation | Definition |
| AAA | Anterior amygdalar area |
| ACA | Anterior cingulate area |
| ACB | Nucleus accumbens |
| AHN | Anterior hypothalamic nucleus |
| ATN | Anterior group of the dorsal thalamus |
| AUD | Auditory areas |
| BF | Basal forebrain |
| BFCNs | Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons |
| BMA | Basomedial amygdalar nucleus |
| BST | Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis |
| CA1 | Field CA1 |
| CA2 | Field CA2 |
| CA3 | Field CA3 |
| CEA | Central amygdalar nucleus |
| COA | Cortical amygdalar area |
| CP | Caudoputamen |
| DB | Diagonal band nuclei |
| DG | Dentate gyrus |
| dHIP | Dorsal hippocampus |
| DMH | Dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus |
| ECT | Ectorhinal area |
| EPI | Epithalamus |
| GENd | Geniculate group dorsal thalamus |
| HDB | Nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band |
| HIP | Hippocampal region |
| HMSc | HMS complex |
| ILA | Infralimbic area |
| ILM | Intralaminar nuclei of the dorsal thalamus |
| LAT | Lateral group of the dorsal thalamus |
| LDT | Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus |
| LEnt | Lateral entorhinal cortex |
| LHA | Lateral hypothalamic area |
| LPO | Lateral preoptic area |
| LS | Lateral septal nucleus |
| MBO | Mammillary body |
| MCPO | Magnocellular preoptic nucleus |
| MEA | Medial amygdalar nucleus |
| MEPO | Median preoptic nucleus |
| MO | Somatomotor area |
| MPO | Medial preoptic area |
| MS | Medial septal nucleus |
| MSC | Medial septal complex |
| MRN | Midbrain reticular nucleus |
| MTN | Midline group of the dorsal thalamus |
| nBm | Nucleus basalis Meynert |
| OB | Olfactory bulb |
| OT | Olfactory tubercle |
| PAG | Periaqueductal gray |
| PB | Parabrachial nucleus |
| PCG | Pontine central gray |
| PH | Posterior hypothalamic nucleus |
| PIR | Piriform area |
| PMd | Dorsal premammillary nucleus |
| PMv | Ventral premammillary nucleus |
| PP | Peripeduncular nucleus |
| PRNc | Pontine reticular nucleus, caudal part |
| PRT | Pretectal region |
| PTLp | Posterior parietal association area |
| PVH | Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus |
| RAmB | Midbrain raphe nuclei |
| RHP | Retrohippocampal region |
| RSP | Retrosplenial area |
| SCm | Superior colliculus, motor related |
| SI | Substantia innominata |
| SNc | Substantia nigra, compact part |
| SPF | Subparafascicular nucleus |
| SS | Somatosensory area |
| SUB | Subiculum |
| SUM | Supramammillary nucleus |
| TEa | Temporal association area |
| VDB | The vertical limb of the diagonal band |
| VENT | Ventral group of the dorsal thalamus |
| vHIP | Ventral hippocampus |
| VP | Ventral pallidum |
| VIS | Visual area |
| VMH | Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus |
| VTA | Ventral tegmental area |
| ZI | Zona incerta |