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LHA (Lateral hypothalamic area) projects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
retrograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
The lateral hypothalamic area contained a sizeable Nts population between -1.30 and -1.70 bregma, many of them labelled from the VTA. This made the LHA a major Nts source to the VTA.
Named in the paper
“LHA Nts neurons” and “VTA”
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

“Results 3.6 and Fig. 10B show many LHA Nts neurons labelled from the VTA, and they rank as a major source.”

Status

proposed

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