Structure in English	Abbrev.	Location		Structure in English	Abbrev.	Location
accessory olfactory bulb	OA	+20 to +27		medial geniculate nucleus, dorsal part	MGNd	- 9 to -10
accumbens nucleus	Acb	+3 to +15		medial geniculate nucleus, lateral part	MGNl	- 9 to -10
agranular insular cortex, dorsal part	CxAd	+16 to +27		medial geniculate nucleus, medial part	MGNm	- 9 to -10
anterior amygdaloid area, dorsal part	AAD	0		medial habenular nucleus	MHb	-5 to -7
anterior amygdaloid area, ventral part	AAV	0		medial lemniscal nucleus	NLm	-15
anterior commissure	CAN	+1 to +15		medial longitudinal fasciculus	flm	-17 to -18
anterior cortical amygdaloid area	ACo	-1 to +6		medial mammillary nucleus	MM	-8
anterior cortical amygdaloid transition area	ACt	-1 to +1		medial orbital cortex	CxOm	+18 to +27
anterior olfactory bulb	Oa	+26 to +27		medial preoptic hypothalamic nucleus	MPO	+1 to +2
anterior olfactory nucleus	AO	+25 to +27		medial pretectal area	APTm	-8
anterior olfactory nucleus, dorsal part	AOd	+18 to +24		medial raphe nucleus	RaM	-15 to -16
anterior olfactory nucleus, lateral part	AOI	+18 to +24		medial septal nucleus	MS	- 6 to +2
anterior olfactory nucleus, medial part	AOm	+18 to +21		medial stratum griseum	SGC	-16
anterior olfactory nucleus, posterior part	AOp	+17		mediodorsal thalamic nucleus	MD	- 2 to -7
anterior pretectal nucleus	APT	-9		mediodorsal thalamic nucleus, medial part	MDM	- 3 to -4
anterior pretectal nucleus, medial part	APTm	-8		mitral & inner plexiform layer (olfactory bulb)	MPi	+20 to +27
anterior pretectal nucleus, dorsal part	APTp	-7 to-9		motor cortex	CxM	-4 to +27
anterior pretectal nucleus, ventral part	APTv	-7 to-9		nucleus coeruleus	Coe	-23
anterior rhinal sulcus	RAN	+5 to +19		nucleus of the horizontal fasciculus of Broca	HB	+1 to +4
anterodorsal thalamic area	AD	-3 to 0		nucleus of the spinotrigeminal tract, pars interpolaris	TrSi	-19 to -20
anteromedial thalamic area	AM	-1		nucleus of the olfactory tract, lateral part	Ot	-1 to +1
anteroventral thalamic nucleus	AV	-1 to 0		nucleus of the stria medularis of the thalamus	sm	0 to -2
arcuate hypothalamic nucleus	Arc	-4		nucleus of the vertical fasciculus of Broca	VB	+2 to +6
basal nucleus of Meynert	B	-5 to 0		olfactory bulb	BOL	+19
basolateral amygdaloid nucleus	BL	- 3 to -6		olfactory nerve layer	NOc	+20 to +27
basomedial amygdaloid nucleus	BM	-1 to -6		olfactory tubercle	Tuo	+2 to +18
basomedial amygdaloid nucleus, lateral part	BLA	-1 to -2		olfactory ventricle	OV	+16 to +27
basomedial amygdaloid nucleus, ventral part	BLV	-1 to -2		optic chiasm	Ch	-1 to -3
bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	BST	0 to +2		optic tract	OT	- 4 to -11
brachium of the inferior colliculus	bci	-13 to -14		orbital fissure	forb	+ 8 to +11
brachium pontis	BP	-14 to -21		paracentral thalamic nucleus	PC	-4
caudal linear nucleus of the raphe	RaCl	-13 to -14		paraflocculus	PFl	-20 to -21
caudate nucleus	NC	-4 to +15		paramedial raphe nucleus	RaP	-15 to -16
central amygdaloid nucleus	Ce	- 3 to -6		paratenial thalamic nucleus	PT	0
central amygdaloid nucleus, lateral part	CeL	-1 to -2		paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus	PV	-1 to -6
central amygdaloid nucleus, medial part	CeM	-1 to -2		paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, anterior part	PVA	–1 to 0
central substantia grisea,ventral part	GCv	-11 to -14		pedunculopontine tegmental area	TgPP	-13 to -14
centrolateral thalamic nucleus	CL	- 3 to -6		perirhinal cortex	CxP	-16 to -17
centromedial thalamic nucleus	CM	- 2 to -6		pontine reticular nucleus, oral part	PnO	-18
cerebellar lobules (1-8)	1-8	-20 to -21		posterior commissure	CPO	-8
cerebral peduncle	ped	-6 to -14		posterior hypothalamic area	PH	-8
cingulate cortex	CxC	+13 to +18		posterior nucleus	OP	-8
cingulate gyrus	CG	- 9 to +4		posterior rhinal sulcus	RPS	- 14 to +4
cingulate gyrus areas 1, 2	CG1,2	+5 to +9		posteromedial mammillary nucleus	MP	- 9 to -11
claustrum	Cl	0 to +17		precommissural fornix	fp	+13
commissure of the inferior colliculus	cic	-13 to -16		preculminate fissure	fpc	-20
crus of the ansiform lobule	crus 1,2	-19 to -21		prelimbic cortex	CxLp	+10 to +13
dentate gyrus	GD	-9 to -14		presubiculum	PS	-14 to +4
dorsal endopiriform nucleus	ENd	- 5 to +6		pretectal nucleus	PTA	-10 to -14
dorsal hypothalamic nucleus, medial part	HDM	- 5 to -6		primary auditory cortex		- 3 to -12
dorsal hypothalamic area	HyD	- 4 to -7		pulvinar	PUL	- 7 to -10
dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus	LGNd	- 7 to -11		putamen	Pu	- 6 to +8
dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus	DLL	-15 to -16		pyramidal tract	Pyr	-16 to -20
dorsal pretectal area	APTd	-7 to -8		red nucleus	NR	-12 to -14
dorsal raphe nucleus	RaD	-17 to -18		reticular thalamic nucleus	Rt	- 2 to -8
ectorhinal cortex	CxEc	- 5 to -12		retrosplenial cortex	CxR	-10 to -18
ectosylvian sulcus, anterior part	ECSA	- 4 to +2		retrosplenial gyrus	GR	- 9 to -12
ectosylvian sulcus, posterior part	ECSP	- 7 to -11		reuniens thalamic nucleus	Re	- 2 to -6
entopeduncular nucleus	EP	- 5 to -7		rhomboid thalamic nucleus	Rh	- 2 to -6
entorhinal cortex	CxE	-7 to -18		second ventricle	IIv	+1 to +16
external capsule	CE	+6 to +13		septohippocampal nucleus	SHi	+ 2 to +3
external plexiform layer of the olfactory tract	PE	+20 to +27		septohypothalamic nucleus	Shy	+1
fasciculus aberrans	FA	+1		spinal trigeminal nerve tract	trs	-17 to -21
fields of Ammon’s horn (1-4)	CA1-4	- 12 to +8		splenial sulcus	SPL	+6 to +21
fimbria of the hippocampus	fh	- 5 to -6		stria terminalis	st	0
fornix	F	- 3 to -7		striate cortex or area 17	CxS	-20 to -21
fourth ventricle	IVv	-18		striohypothalamic nucleus	StHy	0
fundus striati	Fstr	+1 to +5		sub-geniculate nucleus	SG	-8
geniculate body, medial part	GMc	-12		sub-thalamic nucleus	STh	-8
globus pallidus	GP	-5 to 0		subiculum	S	- 14 to +7
glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb	G	+20 to +27		subpeduncular tegmental nucleus	ST	-15 to -16
granular insular cortex	CcGI	- 6 to +2		substantia innominata	SI	0 to +1
granular insular cortex, posterior	CxGIp	-3 to -4		substantia nigra, compact part	SNc	- 9 to -10
griseum pontis	GrP	-16 to -18		substantia nigra, reticular part	SNr	- 9 to -10
habenular commissure	hp	-4		sulcus of the hippocampal commissure	SCH	-1 to +3
hypothalamic nucleus, ventromedial part	HyVm	-1 to -3		superior colliculus	CS	-9 to -15
indusium griseum	IG	+2		suprachiasmatic nucleus	SCh	0 to -3mm
inferior colliculus	CCA	-15 to -19		supraoptic nucleus	SO	-1
infundibular recess	rinf	-7		supraoptic nucleus, retrochiasmatic (diffuse) part	SOR	-4
intercalated nuclei of the amygdala	I	- 3 to -6		suprasylvian sulcus	SUPS	- 2 to +7
intermediate nucleus of the lateral lemniscus	ILL	-15 to -16		Sylvian aqueduct	aq	-12 to -15
intermediodorsal thalamic nucleus	IMD	- 3 to -6		telediencephalic fissure	ftd	- 2 to -11
internal capsule	CI	-2 to +13		temporal cortex	CxT	-17 to -18
internal granular layer of the olfactory bulb	GCi	+21 to +27		temporal cortex ventral part	CxTv	-3 to -16
interpeduncular nucleus	IP	-12 to -14		temporal cortex, dorsal part	CxTd	-16 to -17
islands of Calleja	ICj	+ 4 to +6		tenia tecta	TT	+8 to +17
lateral amygdaloid nucleus	La	- 3 to -6		third ventricle	IIIv	-10 to 0
lateral habenular nucleus	LHb	- 5 to -6		triangular septal nucleus	TS	+1
lateral hypothalamic area	HyL	- 1 to -6		trigeminal spinal tract	trs	-17 to -21
lateral lemniscal nucleus	LNI	-17 to -18		ventral endopiriform nucleus	VEn	-5 to 0
lateral mammillary nucleus	ML	-8		ventral hypothalamic nucleus, medial part	HVM	-5 to -6
lateral olfactory tract	Tol	+4 to +23		ventral lateral geniculate nucleus	LGNv	- 7 to -9
lateral orbital cortex	CxOl	+18 to +23		ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus	VLL	-13 to -16
lateral posterior thalamic nucleus, laterorostral	LPLr	-7 to -8		ventral orbital cortex	CxOv	+18 to +27
lateral posterior thalamic nucleus, mediorostral	LPMr	-7 to -8		ventral pallidum	VP	+ 2 to +7
lateral preoptic area	LPO	0 to +1		ventral pretectal area	APTv	-7 to -8
lateral reticular nucleus, large cells	LRCm	-19 to -21		ventral reuniens thalamic nucleus	VRe	-6
lateral septal nucleus	LS	+9 to +16		ventral tegmental area	TGv	- 10 to -12
lateral septal nucleus, dorsal part	LSD	+ 2 to +7		ventral tegmental nucleus	VT	-15 to -16
lateral septal nucleus, intermediate part	LSI	+ 2 to +7		ventrolateral thalamic nucleus	VL	- 3 to -6
ateral septal nucleus, ventral part	LSV	+ 2 to +7		ventromedial thalamic nucleus	VM	- 2 to -6
magnocellular preoptic nucleus	MCPO	0 to +1		vomeronasal nerve layer	VN	+25 to +27
mammillothalamic tract	Tmt	-1 to -3		zona incerta	ZI	- 2 to -8
medial amygdaloid nucleus	Me	-1 to -6
medial amygdaloid nucleus, anterodorsal part	MeAd	-3
medial amygdaloid nucleus, anteroventral part	MeAv	-3
medial forebrain bundle	TTm	-1
medial geniculate nucleus	MGN	- 9 to -11

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