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VTA (Ventral tegmental area) projects to OT (Olfactory tubercle)

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

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Injecting CTb into the mOT retrogradely labeled VTA neurons. Some of these mOT-projecting VTA cells became Fos-positive when the mice were exposed to male bedding volatiles.

DOI 10.1523/eneuro.0078-15.2015 · PubMed 26478911 · PMC4603255, Results, Experiment 1; Fig. 3C; Fig. 4B,F,I

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