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. 2022 Jul 30;23(15):8472. doi: 10.3390/ijms23158472
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