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TH (Thalamus) functionally connects to LA glutamatergic principal neurons

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: electrical stimulation
Sign: excitatory
Evidence: Stimulating thalamic afferents in the internal capsule evoked monosynaptic EPSCs in LA principal neurons, with phasic release properties that stayed largely constant from juvenile to adult ages. In adult mice these afferents also recruited strong picrotoxin-sensitive feed-forward IPSCs in the principal cells.
Source: Synaptic Maturation at Cortical Projections to the Lateral Amygdala in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome
PLoS ONE, 2010
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0011399 · PubMed 20625482 · PMC2896423, Fig. 1B, Fig. 2C, Fig. 4C-D; Results
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “thalamic axons within the internal capsule (Thalamo-LA projections)” and “LA principal neurons”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by: a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-09
“The paper's own recordings show internal-capsule stimulation evoking monosynaptic EPSCs in mouse LA principal cells, with stable phasic properties across ages and large feed-forward IPSCs in adults.”
Status: proposed
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