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PL (Prelimbic area) projects to ACB (Nucleus accumbens)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Strength
strong
Evidence
ChR2-eYFP expressed in prefrontal D1 neurons produced prominent labelled axons in the medial nucleus accumbens, both shell and core.
Source

Medial prefrontal D1 dopamine neurons control food intake

Nature Neuroscience, 2014

DOI 10.1038/nn.3625 · PubMed 24441680 · PMC3968853, Fig. 5a legend; Supplemental Fig. 7a,b; Results, 'Downstream targets of mPFC stimulation'
Named in the paper
“medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)” and “medial nucleus accumbens (shell and core)”
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

“Paper reports prominent ChR2-eYFP labeled prefrontal D1 axons in medial accumbens shell and core in mice.”

Status

proposed

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