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BLAa (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus, anterior part) functionally connects to ILA (Infralimbic area)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: optogenetic circuit mapping
Sign: excitatory
Evidence: rBLA fibre stimulation under TTX/4-AP produced small but detectable monosynaptic excitatory currents in IL layer 5 pyramidal tract neurons (about nine percent of the amplitude seen at PL L2 CA cells, 8 pairs), together with inhibitory currents of similar size to those in PL; because these responses did not depend on PL L2 firing the authors attribute them to a direct rBLA projection to IL L5.
Source: Rostral and caudal basolateral amygdala engage distinct circuits in the prelimbic and infralimbic prefrontal cortex
eLife, 2022
DOI 10.7554/elife.82688 · PubMed 36476757 · PMC9803354, Fig. 2C; Fig. 3A,B; Fig. 5D–F
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “rBLA” and “IL L5 PT 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
“Small monosynaptic rBLA input to IL L5 PT is reported and attributed to a direct projection since no polysynaptic spread occurred.”
Status: proposed
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