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sAMY (Striatum-like amygdalar nuclei) synapses onto VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
transsynaptic tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Extended amygdalar areas contained rabies-labelled neurons presynaptic to VTA dopamine cells, and this input was increased in mice given a single injection of an addictive drug.
Source

Drug-induced changes in connectivity to midbrain dopamine cells revealed by rabies monosynaptic tracing

eLife, 2026

DOI 10.7554/elife.93664 · PubMed 42138352 · PMC13179063, Fig. 3G, Fig. 5E, Fig. 5K

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“EAM (extended amygdalar areas)” and “VTADA cells (DAT-Cre VTA dopamine 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

“EAM labeling from VTA DA cells is quantified and reported as elevated after a single drug dose.”

Status

proposed

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