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LHA (Lateral hypothalamic area) synapses onto VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

1 claim from 1 source: 1 found, 0 tested and absent, 0 ambiguous. Evidence: transsynaptic tracer.

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Lateral hypothalamic neurons were rabies-labelled from VTA dopamine cells, and their labelling increased after a single injection of an addictive drug.

DOI 10.7554/elife.93664 · PubMed 42138352 · PMC13179063, Fig. 1C, Fig. 3G, Fig. 5K

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