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CEA (Central amygdalar nucleus) projects to MEA (Medial amygdalar nucleus)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
anterograde tracer
Sign
unknown
Strength
strong
Evidence
Cre-dependent synaptophysin-mCherry injected into the CeA of Avpr1a-Cre mice labelled synaptic boutons in the medial amygdala, listed among the densest target sites in females.
Source

Amygdala AVPR1A mediates susceptibility to chronic social isolation in female mice

Nature Communications, 2025

DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-64742-y · PubMed 41188217 · PMC12586453, Fig. 4a–d; Supplementary Fig. 6

Licence: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Named in the paper
“AVPR1ACeA neurons” and “MeA”
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) agrees, 2026-10-09

“MeA is listed first among prominent anterograde targets of AVPR1A CeA neurons.”

Status

proposed

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