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PL (Prelimbic area) projects to BST (Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
retrograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
A retrograde AAV expressing mCherry injected into the BNST retrogradely labelled cell bodies in the prefrontal cortex.
Source

Separate BNST Microcircuits Targeted by Direct Versus Amygdala-Relayed Prefrontal Inputs Mediate Dissociable Phenotypes After Isolation

Cells, 2026

DOI 10.3390/cells15020116 · PubMed 41597191 · PMC12839825, Fig. 2B; Results 3.2

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“PFC” and “BNST”
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

“Same retrograde injection labeled PFC neurons, supporting a direct PFC→BNST projection.”

Status

proposed

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