Forebrain

Hierarchy level in atlas is 1: 0 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: FB

Abbreviation

FB

Species

Mouse

Description of part

Collator note: this term does not exist in the list of structures, but is cited as a superstructure in the section of delineation criteria (page 13). The abbreviat ion was adapted from the rat brain nomenclature Swanson 1998

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Paxinos/Franklin-2001

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The hierarchy was constructed following the Rat Brain Atlas, Swanson 1998, the Human Brain Atlas and Mai 1997

Reference

Author: Paxinos G., Franklin K.B.J.
Title of Book: The mouse brain in stereotaxic coordinates.
Year: 2001
Pages: 15-60
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Academic Press