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PALv (Pallidum, ventral region) synapses onto VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: transsynaptic tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: The ventral pallidum contained rabies-labelled presynaptic neurons after tracing from dopamine neurons in the VTA of DAT-Cre mice.
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. 1C, Fig. 5E
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “VP” and “VTADA cells (DAT-Cre VTA dopamine neurons)”
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) agrees, 2026-10-10
“VP labeling from VTA DA cells is quantified in the bar plots.”
Status: proposed
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