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HY (Hypothalamus) synapses onto VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
transsynaptic tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Rabies tracing from VTA dopamine neurons labelled cells in the preoptic area, counted as one of the 22 input regions.
Source

Drug-induced changes in connectivity to midbrain dopamine cells revealed by rabies monosynaptic tracing

eLife, 2026

DOI 10.7554/elife.93664 · PubMed 42138352 · PMC13179063, Fig. 1C, Fig. 5E

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“PO (preoptic area)” and “VTADA cells (DAT-Cre VTA dopamine neurons)”
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

“Preoptic area labeling from VTA DA cells is quantified; the hypothalamic ID is a coarse but containing match.”

Status

proposed

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