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VTA (Ventral tegmental area) projects to BLA (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: retrograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: Retrograde CAV2-FLEx-Flp injected into the basolateral amygdala region labelled a subset of VTA dopamine neurons, which were then used as starter cells for input mapping, demonstrating a VTA dopamine projection to the amygdala.
Source: Drug-induced changes in connectivity to midbrain dopamine cells revealed by rabies monosynaptic tracing
eLife, 2026
DOI 10.7554/elife.93664 · PubMed 42138352 · PMC13179063, Fig. 7M–P; Methods (cTRIO, amygdala coordinates AP −1.43, ML 2.5, DV −4.5)
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “VTADA” and “Amygdala”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-10
Checked by: a second AI model (claude-opus-5) is unsure, 2026-10-10
“The paper only designates the retrograde target as "Amygdala", so restriction to the basolateral nucleus cannot be confirmed.”
Status: proposed
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