Anatomical abbreviations
| AH | anterior hypothalamic nucleus |
| CPT | commissural pretectal nucleus |
| DLG | dorsolateral geniculate nucleus |
| DM | dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus |
| DPGi | dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus |
| DR | dorsal raphe nucleus |
| HDB | diagonal band nucleus, horizontal limb |
| IGL | intergeniculate leaflet |
| InG | intermediate gray layer, superior colliculus |
| LA | lateroanterior hypothalamic nucleus |
| LC | locus coeruleus |
| LDTg | lateral dorsal tegmental nucleus |
| LDTgV | lateral dorsal tegmental nucleus, ventral |
| LPBC | lateral parabrachial nucleus, central part |
| MeA | medial amygdala nucleus, anterior |
| MnR | median raphe nucleus |
| MPA | medial preoptic area |
| MPO | medial preoptic nucleus |
| MT | medial terminal nucleus |
| MTu | medial tuberal hypothalamic nucleus |
| Op | optic layer, superior colliculus |
| OPT | olivary pretectal nucleus |
| Pa | paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus |
| PHb | parahabenular area |
| PLi | posterior limitans nucleus |
| PNo | pontine reticular nucleus, oral part |
| PP | peripeduncular nucleus |
| PPTg | pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus |
| pSON | peri-supraoptic area |
| RCh | retrochiasmatic area |
| SCN | suprachiasmatic nucleus |
| SON | supraoptic nucleus |
| sPa | subparaventricular hypothalamic nucleus |
| SubCA | subcoerulean area |
| SuG | superficial gray layer, superior colliculus |
| VLG | ventrolateral geniculate nucleus |
| VLPO | ventrolateral preoptic nucleus |
| VTA | ventral tegmental area |
| ZI | zona incerta |
| Zo | zonal layer, superior colliculus |