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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) functionally connects to BST (Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: optogenetic circuit mapping
Sign: inhibitory
Evidence: Light activation of ChR2-expressing CeA D2R axons in BNST slices elicited inhibitory postsynaptic currents in 31 of 45 recorded BNST neurons in the lateral posterior and ventral subregions.
Measurements: connection probability: 0.69, n = 45
Source: Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated circuit from the central amygdala to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulates impulsive behavior
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1811664115 · PubMed 30348762 · PMC6233075, Fig. 5 B, C and D
Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Named in the paper: “CeA-D2R neurons” and “BNST (BSTLP and BSTLV)”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by: a second AI model (claude-opus-5) agrees, 2026-10-09
“IPSCs in 31 of 45 BNST neurons (69%) in BSTLP/BSTLV match the claim.”
Status: proposed
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