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PVH (Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus) 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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Chemogenetic excitation of PVN oxytocin neurons lowered AVPR1a mRNA in the BnST of both strains and raised BnST oxytocin receptor mRNA in B6 mice but not in BTBR mice, while c-fos mRNA in the BnST was unchanged, indicating a strain-dependent modulatory action of PVN oxytocin neurons on the BnST.

DOI 10.1098/rsob.240387 · PubMed 40858267 · PMC12380489, Fig. 4; Results, 'mRNA profiles following chemogenetic oxytocin activation'

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