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PVH (Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus) synapses onto LHA (Lateral hypothalamic area)

All claims for this connection
Species
Mouse
Result
present
Method
transsynaptic tracer
Sign
unknown
Strength
strong
Evidence
Cre-dependent monosynaptic rabies tracing from MCH cells in Pmch-Cre mice labelled many input neurons in the PVH, one of the two most prominent hotspots, including oxytocin and vasopressin cells.
Source

Awake dynamics and brain-wide direct inputs of hypothalamic MCH and orexin networks

Nature Communications, 2016

DOI 10.1038/ncomms11395 · PubMed 27102565 · PMC4844703, Figs 4b, 5; Supplementary Figs 4, 5

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Named in the paper
“paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus” and “LH MCH neurons”
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

“PVH is a major hotspot of MCH inputs, and these include oxytocin and vasopressin neurons.”

Status

proposed

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