
Brain - Horizontal microsection

Brain - Coronal section

Diencephalon and third ventricle
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Nissl-stained coronal section of the brain of a grivet (Chlorocebus aethiops), showing hippocampus (circled). Source: brainmaps.org
DG:Dentate Gyrus CAM:cornu ammonis FI:fimbria SB:subiculum CA:caudate nucleus LGd: dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus MGad:anterodorsal nucleus of medial geniculate complex Cl:claustrum Pu:putamen IC:internal capsule R:reticular nucleus of thalamus VPL and VPM:ventral posterior laterla and medial nuclei of thalamus SNc:substantia nigra, pars compact CP:cerebral pedunculus III:oculomotor nucleus EW:Edinger-Westphal nucleus 3V:third ventricle F:fornix of hippocampus CC:corpus callosum CG:cingulate gyrus LS:lateral sulcus SII:second somatosensory area Ins:insula A:auditory cortical areas STS:superior temporal sulcus
