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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
- retrograde tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Evidence
- Injecting retrograde AAV-Flp into the insular cortex, together with a Cre-on/Flp-on reporter in the VPMpc of CckCre mice, labelled Cck neurons in the VPMpc that project to the IC.
- Source
Gustatory thalamic neurons mediate aversive behaviors
Nature Communications, 2025
DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-63464-5 · PubMed 41006304 · PMC12475432, Fig. 7b–cLicence: CC-BY-4.0
- Named in the paper
- “CCKVPMpc neurons” and “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
“Retrograde AAV-Flp in the IC combined with a Cre-on/Flp-on reporter labelled IC-projecting Cck neurons in the VPMpc.”
- Status
proposed
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