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HY (Hypothalamus) projects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: retrograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Strength: strong
Evidence: After CTB injection into the VTA, cells in the preoptic area were heavily labeled.
Source: Relative Number and Distribution of Murine Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin Neurons Innervating Distinct Target Sites
PLoS ONE, 2011
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0025864 · PubMed 21991375 · PMC3186811, Fig. 3
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “preoptic area” and “ventral tegmental area”
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
“The preoptic area is listed among regions heavily labeled after VTA CTB injection.”
Status: proposed
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