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MG (Medial geniculate complex) functionally connects to BLA (basal amygdaloid nucleus)

Species: Rat
Result: present
Method: electrical stimulation
Sign: excitatory
Evidence: A minority of the projection neurons that responded with evoked spikes to stimulation of the auditory thalamus or auditory association cortex were histologically localized to the basolateral nucleus rather than the lateral nucleus (4 cells in the D1 experiment, 7 in the D2 experiment), indicating these afferents also drive basolateral neurons.
Source: Dopaminergic Modulation of Lateral Amygdala Neuronal Activity: Differential D1 and D2 Receptor Effects on Thalamic and Cortical Afferent Inputs
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2015
DOI 10.1093/ijnp/pyv015 · PubMed 25716776 · PMC4571626, Results, Figs. 3B and 4B (distribution of recorded neurons)
Named in the paper: “MGN” and “BLA, basolateral nucleus of the amygdala”
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-5-5) is unsure, 2026-10-09
“The 4 and 7 BLA cells are pooled across both stimulation sites, so the text doesn't show that any of them responded to MGN rather than Te3.”
Status: proposed
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