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CP (Caudoputamen) synapses onto VTA (Ventral tegmental area)

1 claim from 1 source: 1 found, 0 tested and absent, 0 ambiguous. Evidence: transsynaptic tracer.

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Rabies-labelled inputs to VTA dopamine neurons were found in the dorsal striatum; the share of dorsal striatal input cells was significantly lower in mice given a single injection of an addictive drug than in controls (p = 0.0051).

DOI 10.7554/elife.93664 · PubMed 42138352 · PMC13179063, Fig. 1C, Fig. 3G

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