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Fig. 4.The result of searching for information by partial matching of names in BAMS. (A) Users can search
for information by names of brain parts.The first result of this type of search is a list of species and the asso-
ciated brain nomenclatures that contain exact or partial matches of that searched string. (B) Users can
choose the species and brain nomenclature of interest and the regions that partially match the searched
string are displayed. Fig. 4. (continued) (C) By choosing one of the listed brain parts, users can access details
about the region of interest, its hierarchical organization, those brain parts with identical names but defined
in different nomenclatures and species, and links to its patterns of efferent and afferent connections as col-
lated from the literature. (D) Further details about the brain region of interest as defined in the associated
nomenclature, the criteria for including the region in a hierarchical organization, and support information,
can be accessed by users. The brain region Hypothalamus is identified in the mouse brain nomenclature
Paxinos/Franklin-2001 and it was added by a collator, based on information and references cited in the atlas.
See text for details.

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