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CEA (central amygdaloid nucleus) projects to MPO (Medial preoptic area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Rat
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Among hypothalamic targets, labelled terminals of CeA PKCδ+ neurons were particularly evident in the medial preoptic area.
Source

Generation and Characterization of a NovelPrkcd-Cre Rat Model

The Journal of Neuroscience, 2024

DOI 10.1523/jneurosci.0528-24.2024 · PubMed 38977300 · PMC11308323, Fig. 4C; Results, Anterograde tracing of CeA PKCδ+ neurons

Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Named in the paper
“CeA PKCδ+ neurons” and “medial preoptic area (MPO)”
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

“MPO highlighted as hypothalamic target in Fig. 4C.”

Status

proposed

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