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MB (Midbrain) synapses onto CP (Caudoputamen)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: transsynaptic tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: Midbrain neurons were labelled as presynaptic partners of dorsal striatal cholinergic interneurons in the rabies tracing experiment.
Source: Alcohol attenuates CRF-induced excitatory effects from the extended amygdala to dorsostriatal cholinergic interneurons
eLife, 2026
DOI 10.7554/elife.107145 · PubMed 41870239 · PMC13008356, Results, first section (Fig. 1)
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “midbrain” and “dorsal striatal cholinergic interneurons (CINs)”
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
“Midbrain is listed among rabies-labelled input regions.”
Status: proposed
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