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Isocortex functionally connects to BLA (basal amygdaloid nucleus)

1 claim from 1 source: 1 found, 0 tested and absent, 0 ambiguous. Evidence: optogenetic circuit mapping.

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In slices, green-light silencing of ArchT-expressing lOFC axons and terminals in the BLA lowered the frequency of spontaneous EPSCs (recorded under GABAA blockade) in most recorded BLA neurons, indicating excitatory lOFC drive onto BLA cells.

DOI 10.7554/elife.68617 · PubMed 34142660 · PMC8266390, Fig. 4—figure supplement 1

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