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BST (Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis) functionally connects to MRN (Midbrain reticular nucleus)

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

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Optogenetic activation of GABAergic BNST neurons during NREM sleep raised the density of c-fos mRNA-positive DpMe cells (about 70 vs 27 cells/mm2) and evoked a transient calcium increase in glutamatergic DpMe neurons measured by fiber photometry.

DOI 10.1523/jneurosci.1083-25.2025 · PubMed 41193254 · PMC12696621, Fig. 1G-H; Fig. 3D

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