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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) functionally connects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: optogenetic circuit mapping
Sign: inhibitory
Evidence: Photostimulating ChR2-expressing CeA D2R axons in VTA slices evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents in 41% of recorded VTA neurons, including both Ih-positive and Ih-negative cells.
Measurements: connection probability: 0.41, n = 83
Source: Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated circuit from the central amygdala to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulates impulsive behavior
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1811664115 · PubMed 30348762 · PMC6233075, Fig. 4 A, B and D
Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Named in the paper: “CeA-D2R neurons” and “VTA”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
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“41% of the 83 recorded VTA neurons showed light-evoked IPSCs, including Ih+ and Ih− cells.”
Status: proposed
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