| Structure & Karten-Hodos (or other) Term for Structure | Karten-Hodos (or other) Abbreviation |
Latin Name Adopted by Forum | Abbreviation for Latin Name Adopted by Forum | English Name Adopted by Forum | Abbreviation for English Name Adopted by Forum | Comments | References Pertinent to the New Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucleus intermedius of the medulla | IM | Nucleus nervi hypoglossi | nXII | Hypoglossal nucleus - the twelfth cranial nerve nucleus | nXII | This error in the Karten and Hodos atlas has long been known | Nottebohm et al., 1976 Wild & Zeigler, 1980 Wild, 1981 |
| Nucleus nervi hypoglossi - the twelfth cranial nerve nucleus | nXII | Nucleus supraspinalis | SSp | Supraspinal nucleus | SSp | This error in the Karten and Hodos atlas has long been known | Wild, 1981 Eden & Correia, 1982 Zijlstra & Dubbeldam, 1994 |
| Locus ceruleus - caudal part | Caudal LoC | Locus ceruleus | LoC | Locus ceruleus or A6 |
LoC or A6 |
Noradrenergic neurons of A6 as defined by Dahlström & Fuxe, 1984 | Kitt & Brauth, 1986a Bailhache & Balthazart, 1993 Reiner et al., 1994 Von Bartheld & Bothwell, 1992 |
| Locus ceruleus - rostral part | Rostral LoC | None | None | A8 | A8 | Dopaminergic neurons of A8 as defined by Dahlström & Fuxe, 1984 | Von Bartheld & Bothwell, 1992 Reiner et al., 1994 Puelles and Medina, 1994 Smeets and Reiner, 1994 |
| Nucleus tegmenti-pedunculopontinus, pars compacta, except lateral edge | TPc, except for lateral edge | Substantia nigra, pars compacta | SNc | Substantia nigra, pars compacta or A9 |
SNc or A9 |
Dopaminergic neurons of A9 as defined by Dahlström & Fuxe, 1984 | Lewis et al., 1981 Kitt & Brauth, 1986b Bailhache & Balthazart, 1993 Reiner et al., 1994 Puelles and Medina, 1994 Smeets and Reiner, 1994 |
| Lateral edge of nucleus tegmenti-pedunculopontinus, pars compacta, plus small area lateral to TPc | Lateral part of TPc and a small region lateral to it | Substantia nigra, pars reticulata | SNr | Substantia nigra, pars reticulata | SNr | Previously called substantia nigra, pars lateralis in birds, but switching to SNr indicates homology to mammal SNr | Veenman & Reiner, 1994 Reiner et al., 1998 Medina & Reiner, 1997 |
| Area ventralis (Tsai) | AVT | Area ventralis tegmenti | AVT | Ventral tegmental area or A10 | VTA or A10 |
Dopaminergic neurons of A10 as defined by Dahlström & Fuxe, 1984 | Lewis, et al., 1981 Bailhache & Balthazart, 1993 Reiner et al., 1994 Puelles & Medina, 1994 Smeets & Reiner, 1994 |
| Partly identified as nucleus profundus mesencephali pars ventralis | Partly identified as MPv | Nucleus pedunculopontinus tegmenti | PPT | Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus | PPT | Cholinergic cell group of isthmic region; English term commonly used | Medina & Reiner, 1994 Woolf, 1991 |
| Region medial to ansa lenticularis identified as anterior nucleus of ansa lenticularis in Karten & Dubbeldam (1973) | ALa | Nucleus subthalamicus | STN | Subthalamic nucleus | STN | English term more commonly used for mammals | Reiner et al., 1998 Jiao et al., 2000 |