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PPN (Pedunculopontine nucleus) projects to PRNc (Pontine reticular nucleus, caudal part)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
retrograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Fluoro-Gold injected into the PnC retrogradely labelled neurons in the PPTg in four mice.
Source

The amygdala modulates prepulse inhibition of the auditory startle reflex through excitatory inputs to the caudal pontine reticular nucleus

BMC Biology, 2021

DOI 10.1186/s12915-021-01050-z · PubMed 34082731 · PMC8176709, Additional file 1: Figure S1

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“pedunculopontine tegmental area (PPTg)” and “PnC”
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

“Fluoro-Gold labelled PPTg neurons in four mice, with Figure S1 cited as the evidence.”

Status

proposed

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