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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) projects to SNc (Substantia nigra, compact part)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Axons of ChR2-EYFP-labelled CeA D2R neurons were detected in the substantia nigra, where the compact part is identified in the imaged field.
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. 3A; SI Appendix, Fig. S8

Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Named in the paper
“CeA (D2R-expressing neurons)” and “substantia nigra (SNc)”
Made by
an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by

a second AI model (claude-opus-5) agrees, 2026-10-09

“Substantia nigra, with SNc labeled in the imaged field, contained labeled CeA D2R axons.”

Status

proposed

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