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BLN (basolateral amygdaloid nuclear complex) functionally connects to CEA (central amygdaloid nucleus)

All claims for this connection
Species
Rat
Result
absent
Method
optogenetic circuit mapping
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Central amygdala FOS density was measured after photostimulation of BLA CaMKII neurons and showed no significant increase over control animals.
Source

A network of basolateral amygdala projection neurons contributes to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Science Advances, 2025

DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adv3737 · PubMed 41191754 · PMC12588290, Fig. 2J
Named in the paper
“BLA” and “CeA”
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

“Only PrL and dmBST showed significant FOS increases after BLA photostimulation, so CeA was unaffected.”

Status

proposed

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