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CEAl PKC-delta-expressing neurons projects to ZI (Zona incerta)
All claims for this connection- Species
- Mouse
- Result
- present
- Method
- anterograde tracer
- Sign
- unknown
- Strength
- moderate
- Evidence
- Viral cre-dependent fluorophore/opsin expression in PKCδ central amygdala neurons produced sparse-to-moderate axon terminal labelling in the zona incerta in four of five brains, concentrated in the middle and ventral sectors between 1.46 and 2.70 mm posterior to bregma.
- 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, Figure 1C-D, Figure 1—figure supplement 2, Table 1Licence: CC0-1.0
- Named in the paper
- “CeA-PKCδ neurons” and “zona incerta (ZI)”
- 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
“ZI labeling in four of five brains, restricted to middle/ventral sectors between 1.46 and 2.70 mm posterior to bregma.”
- Status
proposed
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