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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) projects to PAG (Periaqueductal gray)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
CeAGA axons innervated the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray.
Source

General anesthetics activate a potent central pain-suppression circuit in the amygdala

Nature Neuroscience, 2020

DOI 10.1038/s41593-020-0632-8 · PubMed 32424286 · PMC7329612, Fig. 6 (9); Extended Data 9i

Licence: https://www.springer.com/tdm

Named in the paper
“CeAGA neurons” and “ventrolateral periaquaductal grey (PAG)”
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

“Ventrolateral PAG is listed and shown in Fig. 6 panel 9 and ED 9i.”

Status

proposed

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