clm-1hx1mcz7d3
VTA (Ventral tegmental area) projects to LA (Lateral amygdalar nucleus)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- ambiguous
- Method
- anterograde tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Evidence
- VTA dopaminergic labelling was concentrated in the BLA with a distinct border against the adjacent lateral amygdala. The paper does not state whether the LA itself received any labelled axons.
- Source
A sex difference in mouse dopaminergic projections from the midbrain to basolateral amygdala
Biology of Sex Differences, 2022
DOI 10.1186/s13293-022-00486-4 · PubMed 36585727 · PMC9801632, Fig. 4C and accompanying textLicence: CC-BY-4.0
- Named in the paper
- “VTA (dopaminergic neurons, TH-Cre)” and “lateral amygdala (LA)”
- Made by
- an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
- Checked by
a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-09
“The paper only describes a sharp border between BLA labelling and the LA and never says whether LA itself is labelled, so ambiguous fits.”
- Status
proposed
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