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PP (Peripeduncular nucleus) projects to VMH (Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus)

All claims for this connection
Species
Rat
Result
present
Method
retrograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Strength
strong
Evidence
FG injected into the VMH labelled many neurons throughout the PP, significantly more than in the PIL.
Source

Comparison of the connectivity of the posterior intralaminar thalamic nucleus and peripeduncular nucleus in rats and mice

Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2024

DOI 10.3389/fncir.2024.1384621 · PubMed 38736977 · PMC11082296, Fig. 7; Fig. 8A-D

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“PP” and “VMH”
Made by
an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0), 2026-10-10
Checked by

a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees, 2026-10-10

“VMH FG injections labeled many PP cells, significantly more than PIL cells.”

Status

proposed

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