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

2 claims from 1 source: 2 found, 0 tested and absent, 0 ambiguous. Evidence: optogenetic circuit mapping.

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Optogenetic stimulation of posterior BLA terminals strongly increased firing of oval BNST neurons and evoked robust excitatory (and inhibitory) postsynaptic currents there, consistent with the dense terminal field.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47966-2 · PubMed 38658548 · PMC11043328, Fig. 2e–g; Supplementary Fig. 4a–d

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Although posterior BLA terminals produced monosynaptic excitatory currents in adBNST neurons, the disynaptic GABAergic currents they recruited were larger, giving a high inhibition/excitation ratio and a net suppression of adBNST firing that was reversed by GABA-A receptor blockade; chemogenetic activation of pBLA to dBNST neurons likewise lowered adBNST calcium signals in vivo.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47966-2 · PubMed 38658548 · PMC11043328, Fig. 2h–j; Fig. 3c, e, f; Supplementary Fig. 3, 5

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