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VTA (Ventral tegmental area) synapses onto PALv (Pallidum, ventral region)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
transsynaptic tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
A small number of rabies-labelled input cells to VP cholinergic neurons were found in the VTA.
Measurements
  • fraction of labelled neurons: 0.0228 (SEM 0.0048), n = 6
Source

Most Ventral Pallidal Cholinergic Neurons Are Bursting Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neurons with Mesocorticolimbic Connectivity

The Journal of Neuroscience, 2026

DOI 10.1523/jneurosci.0415-25.2026 · PubMed 41605651 · PMC12962782, Fig. 2C-D

Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Named in the paper
“ventral tegmental area (VTA)” and “VPCNs”
Made by
an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-10
Checked by

a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-10

“VTA input cells appear in Fig. 2C and make up 2.28 ± 0.48% of inputs in Fig. 2D.”

Status

proposed

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