clm-76aptw1378
AI (Agranular insular area) functionally connects to BLA (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- present
- Method
- optogenetic circuit mapping
- Sign
- excitatory
- Evidence
- Photostimulating ChETA-expressing insular terminals evoked EPSCs in BLA neurons that partly survived TTX+4AP, showing a monosynaptic input, and were abolished by AP5+NBQX, showing it is glutamatergic. IPSCs were polysynaptic, and the synapses showed short-term depression.
- Source
Linking emotional valence and anxiety in a mouse insula-amygdala circuit
Nature Communications, 2023
DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-40517-1 · PubMed 37604802 · PMC10442438, Fig. 4a-gLicence: CC-BY-4.0
- Named in the paper
- “IC” and “BLA”
- 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
“In Fig. 4, BLA oEPSCs persist under TTX+4AP and are blocked by AP5+NBQX, establishing monosynaptic glutamatergic excitation; IPSCs are polysynaptic and PPR is below 1.”
- Status
proposed
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