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ZI (Zona incerta) synapses onto VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
transsynaptic tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Zona incerta neurons were labelled as monosynaptic inputs to VTA dopamine cells in DAT-Cre mice.
Source

Drug-induced changes in connectivity to midbrain dopamine cells revealed by rabies monosynaptic tracing

eLife, 2026

DOI 10.7554/elife.93664 · PubMed 42138352 · PMC13179063, Fig. 1C, Fig. 5E, Fig. 5K

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“ZI (zona incerta)” and “VTADA cells (DAT-Cre VTA dopamine neurons)”
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

“ZI labeling from VTA DA starter cells is quantified and contributes to PC2.”

Status

proposed

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