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BST (Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis) functionally connects to VMH (Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: optogenetic circuit mapping
Sign: inhibitory
Evidence: Optogenetic stimulation of GABAergic BNSTa axons produced IPSPs in every tested Vgat-positive shell neuron, larger in amplitude than those in core neurons.
Measurements: connection probability: 1, n = 33
Source: Optogenetic Study of Anterior BNST and Basomedial Amygdala Projections to the Ventromedial Hypothalamus
eneuro, 2018
DOI 10.1523/eneuro.0204-18.2018 · PubMed 29971248 · PMC6027956, Fig. 5C, Fig. 6
Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Named in the paper: “GABAergic BNSTa inputs” and “Vgat-positive VMH shell neurons”
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“IPSPs in 100% of 33 Vgat-positive shell cells, larger than in core.”
Status: proposed
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