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Abbreviations used for the  barn owl

The following is an alphabetical listing of all abbreviations with corresponding structures as named in A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the Pigeon (Karten and Hodos, 1967). Whenever possible, the names of structures have been taken from Nomina Anatomica (1961). Following each abbreviation is the name used in the atlas.

A small number of additions have been made to the names and abbreviations appearing in the original atlas.


ALAnsa lenticularis
AWAnterior Wulst
AQAqueductus cerebri
A (ARCO)Archistriatum
AdArchistriatum, pars dorsalis
AvArchistriatum, pars ventralis
CDLArea corticoidea dorsolateralis
AHPArea hypothalami posterioris
APHArea parahippocampalis
APArea pretectalis
ApoArea postrema
TPOArea temporo-parieto-occipitalis (Edinger, Wallenberg, and Holmes)
AVTArea ventralis (Tsai)
BNSTBed nucleus of stria terminalis
BCSBrachium colliculi superioris
BCBrachium conjunctivum
BCABrachium conjunctivum ascendens
BCDBrachium conjunctivum descendens
BCTSBrachium conjunctivum descendens et tractus tectospinalis
BOBulbus olfactorius
CFCampi Foreli
CCCanalis centralis
CIOCapsula interna occipitalis
CbCerebellum
COChiasma opticum
CPaCommissura pallii
CACommissura anterior
CPCommissura posterior
CTCommissura tectalis
CCVCommissura cerebellaris ventrali
PCorpus pineale
CTzCorpus trapezoideum (Papez)
CPPCortex prepiriformis
CPiCortex piriformis
DBCDecussatio brachiorum conjunctivorum
D/VDecussatio nervi trochlearis
DSDDecussatio supraoptica dorsalis
DSVDecussatio supraoptica ventralis
DSDecussatio supraoptica
DASDorsal acoustic stria
TTDDescending tract of trigeminal nerve
EEctostriatum
FDBFasciculus diagonals Brocae
FLMFasciculus longitudinalis medialis
FPLFasciculus prosencephali lateralis
FPMFasciculus prosencephali medialis
FUFasciculus uncinatus (Russell)
FUmFasciculus uncinatus, pars medialis
FRLFormatio reticularis lateralis mesencephali
FRMFormatio reticularis medialis mesencephali
FDFuniculus dorsalis
FLFuniculus lateralis
FVFuniculus ventralis
HpHippocampus
HAHyperstriatum accessorium
HDHyperstriatum dorsale
HISHyperstriatum intercalatus superior
HVHyperstriatum ventrale
HVdvHyperstriatum ventrale dorso-ventrale
HVvvHyperstriatum ventrale ventro-ventrale
HyHypothalamus
ICoInferior colliculus
InfInfundibulum
LArea L
LFSLamina frontalis superior
LFMLamina frontalis suprema
LHLamina hyperstriatica
LMDLamina medullaris dorsalis
LLLemniscus lateralis
LMLemniscus medialis
LSLemniscus spinalis
LPOLobus parolfactorius
LoCLocus ceruleus
NNeostriatum
NCNeostriatum caudale
NFNeostriatum frontale
NINeostriatum intermedium
NIX-XNervi glossopharyngeus et vagus
NVINervus abducens
NVIINervus facialis
NXIINervus hypoglossus
NVIIINervus octavus
NVIIIcNervus octavus, pars cochlearis
NVIIIvNervus octavus, pars vestibularis
NIIINervus oculomotorius
NVNervus trigeminus
NIVNervus trochlearis
GCNuclei gracilis et cuneatus
AcNucleus accumbens
nAmNucleus ambiguus
AnNucleus angularis
AnlNucleus annularis
nALNucleus ansae lenticularis
AMNucleus anterior medialis hypothalami
AANucleus archistriatalis anterior
BasNucleus basalis
CndNucleus centralis medullae oblongatae, pars dorsalis
CnvNucleus centralis medullae oblongatae, pars ventralis
CSNucleus centralis superior (Bechterew)
CbiNucleus cerebellaris internus
vmNucleus cerebellaris internus, pars ventromedialis
CbMNucleus cerebellaris intermedius
CbLNucleus cerebellaris lateralis
CLNucleus cervicalis lateralis
CoNucleus commissuralis (Haller)
CoSNucleus commissuralis septi
CENucleus cuneatus externus
NExNucleus externus
GLdDorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
GLdpNucleus geniculatus lateralis, pars dorsalis principalis
GLvNucleus geniculatus lateralis, pars ventralis
DNucleus of Darkschewitsch
nDBCNucleus decussationis brachiorum conjunctivorum
DIPNucleus dorsointermedius posterior thalami
DLANucleus dorsolateralis anterior thalami
DLLNucleus dorsolateralis anterior thalami, pars lateralis
DLMNucleus dorsolateralis anterior thalami, pars medialis
DLPNucleus dorsolateralis posterior thalami
DMANucleus dorsomedialis anterior thalami
DMPNucleus dorsomedialis posterior thalami
EMNucleus ectomamillaris
TTDNucleus et tractus descendens nervi trigemini
HbNucleus habenularis
HLNucleus habenularis lateralis
HMNucleus habenularis medialis
ICoNucleus intercollicularis
ICNucleus intercalatus
ICTNucleus intercalatus thalami
IMNucleus intermedius
IPNucleus interpeduncularis
ISNucleus interstitialis (Cajal)
IPSNucleus interstitio-pretecto-subpretectalis
INPNucleus intrapeduncularis
ImcNucleus isthmi, pars magnocellularis
IpcNucleus isthmi, pars parvocellularis
IONucleus isthmo-opticus
LaNucleus laminaris
LANucleus lateralis anterior thalami
LHyNucleus lateralis hypothalami
PLHNucleus lateralis hypothalami posterioris
LLdNucleus lemnisci lateralis, pars dorsalis (Groebbels)
LLvNucleus lemnisci lateralis, pars ventralis (Groebbels)
LMmcNucleus lentiformis mesencephali (LM), pars magnocellularis
LMpcNucleus lentiformis mesencephali (LM), pars parvocellularis
LCNucleus linearis caudalis
MCNucleus magnocellularis
MLNucleus mamillaris lateralis
PMHNucleus medialis hypothalami posterioris
MLdNucleus mesencephalicus lateralis, pars dorsalis
MLvNucleus mesencephalicus lateralis, pars ventralis
MNVNucleus mesencephalicus nervi trigemini
MPvNucleus mesencephalicus profundus, pars ventralis (Jungherr)
nXNucleus motorius dorsalis nervi vagi
MVNucleus motorius nervi trigemini
nVINucleus nervi abducentis
nVIINucleus nervi facialis
nIX-XNucleus nervi glossopharyngei et nucleus motorius dorsalis nervi vagi
nXIINucleus nervi hypoglossi
OMdNucleus nervi oculomotorii, pars dorsalis
OMvNucleus nervi oculomotorii, pars ventralis
ODLNucleus nervi oculomotorii, pars dorsolateralis
nIVNucleus nervi trochlearis
NPCNucleus of posterior commissure
OANucleus olfactorius anterior
OINucleus olivaris inferior
OSNucleus olivaris superior
OvNucleus ovoidalis
PapNucleus papillioformis
PGLNucleus paragigantocellularis lateralis
PaMNucleus paramedianus
PMINucleus paramedianus internus thalami
nPlNucleus parasolitarius lateralis
PVMNucleus periventricularis magnocellularis
PLNucleus pontis lateralis
PMNucleus pontis medialis
PVNucleus posteroventralis thalami (Kuhlenbeck)
POANucleus preopticus anterior
POMNucleus preopticus medialis (van Tienhoven)
PPMNucleus preopticus paraventricularis magnocellularis (van Tienhoven)
nPPHNucleus prepositus hypoglossi
PTNucleus pretectalis
PDNucleus pretectalis diffusus
PTMNucleus pretectalis medialis
PPCNucleus principalis precommissuralis
NQLNucleus quadratus lateralis
RNucleus raphes
RgcNucleus reticularis gigantocellularis
RLNucleus reticularis lateralis
RpcNucleus reticularis parvocellularis
RPNucleus reticularis pontis caudalis
RPgcNucleus reticularis pontis caudalis, pars gigantocellularis
RPONucleus reticularis pontis oralis
RSdNucleus reticularis superior, pars dorsalis
RSvNucleus reticularis superior, pars ventralis
RtNucleus rotundus
RUNucleus ruber
SLuNucleus semilunaris
PrVNucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini
SLNucleus septalis lateralis
SMNucleus septalis medialis
SNucleus solitarius
SpLNucleus spiriformis lateralis
SCdNucleus subceruleus dorsalis
SCvNucleus subceruleus ventralis
SHLNucleus subhabenularis lateralis
SHMNucleus subhabenularis medialis
SPNucleus subpretectalis
SRtNucleus subrotundus
STNucleus subtrigeminalis
SSpNucleus supraspinalis
SPCNucleus superficialis parvocellularis (Nucleus tractus septomesencephalici)
SONucleus supraopticus (Ralph)
TnNucleus taeniae
TaNucleus tangentialis (Cajal)
TDNucleus tegmenti dorsalis (Gudden)
TVNucleus tegmenti ventralis (Gudden)
TPcNucleus tegmenti pedunculo-pontinus, pars compacta
TrSNucleus tracheosyringalis
TNucleus triangularis
TUNucleus tuberis
VLVNucleus ventralis lemnisci lateralis
VLTNucleus ventrolateralis thalami
VeDNucleus vestibularis descendens
VDLNucleus vestibularis dorsolateralis (Sanders)
VeLNucleus vestibularis lateralis
VeMNucleus vestibularis medialis
VSNucleus vestibularis superior
OVHOrganum vasculosum hypothalami
PAPaleostriatum augmentatum
PPPaleostriatum primitivum
PVHParaventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
PvTParaventricular nucleus of thalamus
PHPlexus of Horsley
PCTPolus caudalis telencephali
PWPosterior Wulst
PrVPrincipal trigeminal nucleus
PCVProcessus lateralis cerebello-vestibularis
RxVMRadix mesencephalicus nervi trigemini
SACStratum album centrale
SCEStratum cellulare externum
SCIStratum cellulare internum
SGCStratum griseum centrale
SGFStratum griseum et fibrosum superficiale
SOpStratum opticum
SMeStria medullaris
STStria terminalis
SGSubstantia gelatinosa Rolandi (trigemini)
GCtSubstantia grisea centralis
SGPSubstantia grisea et fibrosa periventricularis
SCNSuprchiasmatic nucleus
TeOTectum opticum
ToSTorus semicircularis
CHCSTractus cortico-habenularis et cortico-septalis
DATractus archistriatalis dorsalis
CHTractus cortico-habenularis
FATractus fronto-archistriatalis
FTTractus fronto-thalamicus et tractus thalamo-frontalis
HIPTractus habenulo-interpeduncularis
INTractus infundibularis
TICTractus isthmocerebellaris
TIOTractus isthrno-opticus
LOTractus lamino-olivaris
TrEMTractus nuclei ectomamillaris (basal optic root)
TOvTractus nuclei ovoidalis
OMTractus occipitomesencephalicus
TrOTractus opticus
PSTTractus pretecto-subpretectalis
QFTractus quintofrontalis
TSMTractus septomesencephalicus
TSTractus solitarius
CbDTractus spinocerebellaris dorsalis
CbvTractus spinocerebellaris ventralis
TTTractus tectothalamicus
TTSTractus thalamostriaticus
TVMTractus vestibulo-mesencephalicus (Papez)
TOTuberculum olfactorium
VaVallecula
VHVentral horn of spinal cord
VPaVentral pallidum
VVentriculus
VOVentriculus olfactorius
VMHVentromedial nucleus of hypothalamus
WWulst