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BLA (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus) projects to CP (Caudoputamen)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: anterograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: Anterograde viral tracing from the BLA (AAV-tdTomato / AAV-ChR2-EYFP) produced labelled axon terminals in the dorsomedial striatum; the terminal field formed a patch-like pattern overlapping mu-opioid-receptor-positive striosomes and overlapped the somata of D1-expressing medium spiny neurons much more than those of D2 neurons (657 D1 cells from 5 mice vs 276 D2 cells from 4 mice).
Source: Persistent enhancement of basolateral amygdala-dorsomedial striatum synapses causes compulsive-like behaviors in mice
Nature Communications, 2024
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-44322-8 · PubMed 38191518 · PMC10774417, Fig. 2a (bottom), Fig. 2h,i
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “BLA” and “DMS”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by: a second AI model (claude-opus-5) agrees, 2026-10-09
“Anterograde viral tracing showing BLA terminals in DMS overlapping D1 somata and MOR striosomes is this paper's own result with the cited cell/mouse numbers.”
Status: proposed
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