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BLAa (Basolateral amygdalar nucleus, anterior part) functionally connects to BST (Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis)

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 anterior BLA terminals in dorsal BNST raised the tonic firing rate of adBNST neurons, and evoked monosynaptic excitatory currents (TTX-blocked, 4-AP-restored) whose amplitude exceeded the accompanying disynaptic inhibitory currents; chemogenetic activation of aBLA to dBNST neurons likewise increased adBNST calcium signals in vivo.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47966-2 · PubMed 38658548 · PMC11043328, Fig. 2b–d; Fig. 3a, b, d; Supplementary Fig. 3b, c

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