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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) projects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
retrograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Evidence
Cholera toxin B injected into the VTA of D2R-EGFP mice retrogradely labelled CeA neurons, with about 63% of EGFP-positive CeA cells containing the tracer; injection of DiI into the VTA gave comparable labelling.
Measurements
  • fraction of labelled neurons: 0.629, n = 3
Source

Dopamine D2 receptor-mediated circuit from the central amygdala to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis regulates impulsive behavior

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1811664115 · PubMed 30348762 · PMC6233075, Fig. 3 B and C; SI Appendix, Fig. S9

Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Named in the paper
“CeA (D2R-EGFP neurons)” and “VTA”
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

“62.9% of EGFP+ CeA neurons were CTB-labeled after VTA injection in three mice, confirmed with DiI.”

Status

proposed

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