clm-p6npsb705w

BST (Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis) projects to VMH (Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: anterograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Strength: weak
Evidence: Infusing the Cre-dependent virus into BNSTa of Vglut2-Cre mice produced only very little mCherry expression in VMH shell or core.
Source: Optogenetic Study of Anterior BNST and Basomedial Amygdala Projections to the Ventromedial Hypothalamus
eneuro, 2018
DOI 10.1523/eneuro.0204-18.2018 · PubMed 29971248 · PMC6027956, Results, Transmitter used by BM and BNSTa axons
Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Named in the paper: “glutamatergic BNSTa neurons (Vglut2-ires-Cre)” and “shell or core of VMH”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-10
Checked by: a second AI model (claude-opus-5) is unsure, 2026-10-10
“The paper describes only 'very little' mCherry in VMH and frames it as a negative result, so present/weak cannot be settled.”
Status: proposed
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