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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) projects to PAG (Periaqueductal gray)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
After TVA/G helper virus in the CeA of Avpr1a-Cre mice and EnvA-G-deleted rabies-mCherry in the DLS, labelled DLS-projecting AVPR1A CeA neurons showed collateral axons in the periaqueductal gray.
Source

Amygdala AVPR1A mediates susceptibility to chronic social isolation in female mice

Nature Communications, 2025

DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-64742-y · PubMed 41188217 · PMC12586453, Fig. 4g–i; Supplementary Fig. 8b–e

Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Named in the paper
“AVPR1ACeA neurons” and “periaqueductal gray area (PAG)”
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

“PAG is reported as a collateral of DLS-projecting AVPR1A CeA neurons.”

Status

proposed

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