The lateral neocortex is critical for contextual fear memory reconsolidation

TEa (Temporal association areas) MBA:541 projects to CH (Cerebrum) MBA:567 · Mouse

Alexa Fluor 594-conjugated CTB was injected into the left amygdala, and retrogradely labelled cell bodies were found in the temporal association cortex.

Fig. 4I

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PERI (Perirhinal area) MBA:922 projects to CH (Cerebrum) MBA:567 · Mouse

After CTB-AF594 was injected into the amygdala, retrogradely labelled somata appeared in the perirhinal cortex of the lateral neocortex.

Fig. 4I

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PVT (Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus) MBA:149 projects to CH (Cerebrum) MBA:567 · Mouse

An amygdala injection of fluorescent CTB also retrogradely labelled neurons in the paraventricular thalamic nucleus.

Fig. 4I

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Isocortex MBA:315 functionally connects to CH (Cerebrum) MBA:567 · Mouse

Blue-light stimulation in the left amygdala of ChR2-expressing terminals from the left lateral neocortex evoked local field potential responses on about half of the recording electrodes, with paired-pulse depression that the authors read as monosynaptic; mice lacking ChR2 showed no light responses.

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Made by an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0); a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) disagrees. “The 54% is the share of electrodes showing light-evoked responses, not a connection probability, and 6.3 ms is a maximum peak mean latency rather than a measured conduction delay.”