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VTA (Ventral tegmental area) projects to BLA (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: anterograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: AAV-hSyn-ChR2-EYFP was injected into the VTA, with the injection site including TH-positive cells. GFP-immunolabelled axons were found in the basal amygdala, where they overlapped with TH staining.
Source: Dopamine release and dopamine-related gene expression in the amygdala are modulated by the gastrin-releasing peptide in opposite directions during stress-enhanced fear learning and extinction
Molecular Psychiatry, 2024
DOI 10.1038/s41380-024-02843-8 · PubMed 39580604 · PMC12092189, Fig. 5A, 5B
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “ventral tegmental area (VTA)” and “BA”
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
“ChR2-EYFP expressed in the VTA gave GFP-labelled axons in the BA that overlapped with TH (Fig. 5A-B).”
Status: proposed
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