Mouse

ACB (Nucleus accumbens) projects to VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

2 claims from 1 source: 1 found, 0 tested and absent, 1 ambiguous. Evidence: retrograde tracer. Strongest reported: strong.

The claims behind it

clm-8ehmcpcpp8ambiguousretrograde tracerproposed

The accumbens core held few double-labelled Nts neurons after VTA tracer injection, and the figure legend describes them as absent there, in contrast to the shell.

DOI 10.1016/j.npep.2018.02.003 · PubMed 29478718 · PMC5906039, Results 3.3; Fig. 5B

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clm-br84qqppdqpresentretrograde tracerstrength: strongproposed

After Fluoro-Gold injection into the VTA of NtsCre;GFP mice, many GFP-labelled Nts neurons in the accumbens shell were double-labelled, forming a continuous band across its rostrocaudal extent. The abstract describes this as dense input.

DOI 10.1016/j.npep.2018.02.003 · PubMed 29478718 · PMC5906039, Results 3.3; Fig. 5B; Fig. 4; Table 2

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