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VPMpc (Ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus, parvicellular part) projects to GU (Gustatory areas)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- present
- Method
- anterograde tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Strength
- strong
- Evidence
- Small Cre-dependent YFP and synaptophysin-mCherry injections into the VPMpc of CckCre mice produced a strong axonal projection to the medial and posterior insular cortex. The terminals formed one band in layer 1 and a larger band in layers 3–4.
- Source
Gustatory thalamic neurons mediate aversive behaviors
Nature Communications, 2025
DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-63464-5 · PubMed 41006304 · PMC12475432, Fig. 6a–d; Supplementary Fig. 10Licence: CC-BY-4.0
- Named in the paper
- “CCKVPMpc neurons” and “insular cortex (IC)”
- Made by
- an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-09
- Checked by
a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-09
“Restricted Cre-dependent YFP and synaptophysin injections showed a strong IC projection with bands in layer 1 and layers 3–4.”
- Status
proposed
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