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VTA (Ventral tegmental area) synapses onto LHA (Lateral hypothalamic area)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- present
- Method
- transsynaptic tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Evidence
- Among midbrain areas, the VTA provided the most monosynaptic input neurons to MCH cells.
- Source
Awake dynamics and brain-wide direct inputs of hypothalamic MCH and orexin networks
Nature Communications, 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms11395 · PubMed 27102565 · PMC4844703, Fig. 5; Supplementary Fig. 5Licence: CC-BY-4.0
- Named in the paper
- “ventral tegmental area” and “LH MCH neurons”
- 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
“VTA is listed first among the midbrain areas providing most MCH inputs.”
- Status
proposed
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