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ARH (Arcuate hypothalamic nucleus) projects to ACB (Nucleus accumbens)

Species: Mouse
Result: absent
Method: retrograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: CTB injected into parts of the striatum, including the nucleus accumbens, labeled no arcuate POMC cells. In the example shown, no arcuate cells were labeled at all.
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, Results, control experiments; Fig. 1C
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “arcuate nucleus (POMC neurons)” and “nucleus accumbens”
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
“Striatal injections, including the nucleus accumbens, labeled no arcuate POMC cells, and the Fig. 1C example labeled no arcuate cells at all.”
Status: proposed
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