Index of Abbreviations
Weil Stain Abbreviations
| I | olfactory tract | CSp | cortico spinal tract |
| IICh | optic chiasm | DBC | decussation of the brachium conjunctivum |
| IIT | optic tract | DPy | decussation of the pyramidal tract |
| III | oculomotor nerve | F | fornix |
| IV | trochlear nerve | H | tegmental area |
| V | trigeminal nerve | La | lamina |
| VRD | descending branch of the trigeminal nerve | LeL | lateral lemniscus |
| VRM | mesencephalic branch of the trigeminal nerve | LeM | medial lemniscus |
| VI | abducens nerve | LM | medial longitudinal fasciculus |
| VII | facial nerve | MaT | mammillo tegmental fasciculus |
| VIII | acoustic nerve | MT | mammillo thalamicus fasciculus |
| Alv | alveus | Ol | olfactory fasciculus |
| AnL | ansa lenticularis | OlH | diagonal band of Broca |
| BCI | brachium of the inferior colliculus | P | pes pedunculi |
| BCS | brachium of the superior colliculus | RaO | olfactory radiation |
| Br | brachium conjunctivum | Res | restiform body |
| CC | corpus callosum | Spt | spinothalamic tract |
| CE | external capsule | SS | ? |
| CEx | extreme capsule | StM | Stria medullaris |
| CI | internal capsule | StO | olfactory stria |
| Cin | cingulum | StT | stria terminalis |
| CoA | anterior commissur | TeC | central tegmental tract |
| CoCI | commissur of the inferior colliculus | TeM | median forebrain bundle |
| CoCS | commissur of the superior colliculus | Trz | trapezoid body |
Nissl Stain Abbreviations
| IIIN | oculomotor nucleus | Le | nucleus of the lateral lemniscus |
| IVN | trochlear nucleus | LoC | locus ceruleus |
| VM | trigeminal motor nucleus | M | mammillary body |
| VIN | abducens nucleus | MD | medial dorsal nucleus |
| VIIN | facial nucleus | Olf | olfactory tubercule |
| A | amygdala | OlI | inferior olive nucleus |
| AnD | anterodorsal nucleus | OlS | superior olive nucleus |
| AnM | anteromedial nucleus | Pac | paracentral nucleus |
| AnV | anteroventral nucleus | Paf | parafascicular nucleus |
| B | nucleus basalis | Pat | parataenial nucleus |
| C | calcarine fissure | Pav | paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus |
| Ca | Caudate nucleus | PavT | paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus |
| Ce | central sulcus | Per | peripeduncular nucleus |
| CeL | nucleus centralis lateralis | Po | nucleus pontis |
| Cen | nucleus centralis superior | Pr | pregeniculate nucleus |
| Cent | centremedian | Pro | preoptic area |
| Cer | cerebellum | Prt | pretectal area |
| CerL | Lateral fissure | PuI | inferior pulvinar nucleus |
| Ci | cingulate gyrus | PuL | lateral pulvinar nucleus |
| Cl | claustrum | PuM | medial pulvinar nucleus |
| ColI | inferior colliculus | PuO | oral pulvinar nucleus |
| ColS | superior colliculus | Put | putamen |
| D | Darkschewitsch nucleus | R | gyrus rectus |
| Den | dentate gyrus | Re | reticular formation |
| Dent | Dentate nucleus | Ret | reticular nucleus |
| DT | Gudden’s nucleus | Rub | nucleus ruber |
| EW | Edinger-Westphal’s nucleus | S | septal area |
| GL | lateral geniculate nucleus | SL | lateral septal area |
| GM | medial geniculate nucleus | SM | medial septal area |
| GP | globus pallidus | SO | olfactory stria |
| H | Forel’s field | ST | the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis |
| Ha | habenula | SubC | central grey |
| Hip | hippocampus | SubN | substantia nigra |
| Hy | hypothalamus | Subt | subthalmic nucleus |
| HyV | ventromedial nucleus | Sug | suprageniculate nucleus |
| I | insula | Suo | supraoptic nucleus |
| In | interpeduncular nucleus | T | superior temporal sulpus |
| Inp | nucleus interpositus | U | uncinate gyrus |
| Int | interstitial nucleus | VA | anterior ventral nucleus |
| Is | Islands of Calleja | VPL | posterolateral ventral nucleus |
| LaD | lateral dorsal nucleus | VPM | posteromedial ventral nucleus |
| LaP | lateral posterior nucleus | ZI | zona incerta |
| LaV | lateral ventral nucleus |