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VTA (Ventral tegmental area) projects to CP (Caudoputamen)

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

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clm-vvb8ar29a2presentretrograde tracerproposed

In the same retrograde labelling from the auditory striatum, a small minority of the labelled midbrain dopamine neurons lay in the VTA.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-43066-9 · PubMed 37945595 · PMC10636191, Supplementary Fig. 5b

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