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CEA neurotensin-expressing neurons projects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- present
- Method
- retrograde tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Strength
- weak
- Evidence
- A subset of central amygdala Nts neurons, mainly in the medial division between -1.30 and -0.80 bregma, took up tracer from the VTA. The paper calls this projection modest in density and minor compared with other sources.
- Source
Determination of neurotensin projections to the ventral tegmental area in mice
Neuropeptides, 2018
DOI 10.1016/j.npep.2018.02.003 · PubMed 29478718 · PMC5906039, Results 3.4; Fig. 6E; Table 2Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
- Named in the paper
- “CeA Nts neurons (medial CeA)” and “VTA”
- 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
“Medial CeA Nts neurons between -1.30 and -0.80 bregma were double-labelled and described as a modest-density source.”
- Status
proposed
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