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PVH (Paraventricular hypothalamic 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 stimulation of ChrimsonR-expressing PVN oxytocin axons in the accumbens produced a rapid rise of the OXT1.7 sensor signal there, indicating oxytocin release from this pathway.

DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aeb0400 · PubMed 42341137 · PMC13292991, fig. S3, F and G

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