ACSF	artificial cerebrospinal fluid
AD	anterodorsal thalamic nucleus
AgRP	agouti-related peptide neurons
AH	anterior hypothalamic area
AM	anteromedial thalamic nucleus
Amg	amygdala
Arc	arcuate hypothalamic nucleus
AV	anteroventral thalamic nucleus
Acb	accumbens nucleus
AcbSh	accumbens nucleus, part shell
CG1	cingulate cortex, area 1
CG2	cingulate cortex, area 2
Cpu	caudate putamen
DA	dopamine
DM	dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
Es-VTA	electrical VTA-stimulation
FR	feeding response
GABA	gamma-aminobutyric acid
Glu	glutamate
HDB	nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band
Hip	hippocampus
IF	interfascicular nucleus
LH	lateral hypothalamic area
LHb	lateral habenular nucleus
LSD	lateral septal nucleus, dorsal part
LSI	lateral septal nucleus, intermediate part
LSV	lateral septal nucleus, ventral part
LTP	long-term potentiation
MD	mediodorsal thalamic nucleus
MHb	medial habenular nucleus
ML	mesolimbic system
MS	medial septal nucleus
OR	opioid receptors
PAG	periaqueductal gray
PBP	parabrachial pigmented nucleus of the VTA
PFC	prefrontal cortex
PN	paranigral nucleus of the VTA
PPN	pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus
PVN	paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
RLi	rostral linear nucleus of the raphe
RMTg	rostromedial tegmental nucleus
RSA	retrosplenial agranular cortex
RSG	retrosplenial granular cortex
SN	substantia nigra
SNC	substantia nigra, compact part
SNL	substantia nigra, lateral part
SNR	substantia nigra
STN	subthalamic nucleus, reticular part
SO	supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus
VDB	nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band
VMH	ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus
VP	ventral pallidum
vSNC	ventral substantia nigra pars compacta
VTA	ventral tegmental area
ZI	zona incerta