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BLA (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus) functionally connects to ACB (Nucleus accumbens)

1 claim from 1 source: 1 found, 0 tested and absent, 0 ambiguous. Evidence: optogenetic circuit mapping.

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Light activation of ChR2-expressing basolateral amygdala terminals in NAc shell slices elicited EPSCs in medium spiny neurons, including paired-pulse responses and responses to 1 Hz and 4 Hz stimulation, showing a glutamatergic amygdala input to NAc.

DOI 10.1038/ncomms8062 · PubMed 25952660 · PMC4430111, Fig. 1q,r; Fig. 2d; Fig. 3d

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