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PVH (Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus) projects to CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus)

Species: Mouse
Result: present
Method: retrograde tracer
Sign: unknown
Evidence: A retrograde oxytocin-promoter Cre virus placed bilaterally in the central amygdala, combined with a Cre-dependent mCherry reporter in the paraventricular nucleus, labeled oxytocin-immunoreactive PVN neurons, confirming that PVN oxytocin cells send axons to the CeA.
Source: Paraventricular nucleus‐central amygdala oxytocinergic projection modulates pain‐related anxiety‐like behaviors in mice
CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 2023
DOI 10.1111/cns.14282 · PubMed 37248645 · PMC10580334, Fig. 7A–C
Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Named in the paper: “PVN” and “CeA”
Made by: an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
Checked by: a second AI model (claude-opus-5) agrees, 2026-10-09
“Retro-OT-Cre in CeA with DIO-mCherry in PVN labeled PVN oxytocin neurons, supporting the PVN→CeA projection.”
Status: proposed
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