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CEAl PKC-delta-expressing neurons projects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- present
- Method
- anterograde tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Strength
- moderate
- Evidence
- Sparse-to-moderate terminal labelling from PKCδ central amygdala neurons was seen in the ventral tegmental area in three of the five brains.
- Source
An inhibitory circuit from central amygdala to zona incerta drives pain-related behaviors in mice
eLife, 2022
DOI 10.7554/elife.68760 · PubMed 36269044 · PMC9635874, Results, Table 1Licence: CC0-1.0
- Named in the paper
- “CeA-PKCδ neurons” and “ventral tegmental area (VTA)”
- 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
“VTA labeling in three of five brains is reported.”
- Status
proposed
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