Basolateral amygdala activation enhances object recognition memory by inhibiting anterior insular cortex activity

BLN (basolateral amygdaloid nuclear complex) UBERON:0006107 projects to AI (Agranular insular area) UBERON:0034893 · Rat

After AAV2/1-CB7-mCherry injection into the BLA, many labelled axon terminals appeared in the agranular and dysgranular anterior insular cortex.

Fig. 3A; Results, Dense Structural Connections section

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BMA (medial part of basal amygdaloid nucleus) UBERON:0002889 projects to AI (Agranular insular area) UBERON:0034893 · Rat

Retrograde tracer in the anterior insula produced only sparse cell labelling in the accessory basal nucleus.

Fig. 3B

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LA (lateral amygdaloid nucleus) UBERON:0002886 projects to CTX (Cerebral cortex) UBERON:0000956 · Rat

Retrograde GFP virus injected into the granular and dysgranular posterior insula labelled very few cells in the lateral amygdaloid nucleus.

Fig. 3C

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LA (lateral amygdaloid nucleus) UBERON:0002886 projects to AI (Agranular insular area) UBERON:0034893 · Rat

Retrograde AAV2-retro-tdTomato injected into the agranular and dysgranular anterior insula labelled many cell bodies in the lateral amygdaloid nucleus.

Fig. 3B

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BLA (basal amygdaloid nucleus) UBERON:0002887 projects to CTX (Cerebral cortex) UBERON:0000956 · Rat

Retrograde tracer injected into the granular and dysgranular posterior insula labelled very few neurons in the basal amygdaloid nucleus.

Fig. 3C

Made by an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0); a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees.

BMA (medial part of basal amygdaloid nucleus) UBERON:0002889 projects to CTX (Cerebral cortex) UBERON:0000956 · Rat

Retrograde tracer injected into the granular and dysgranular posterior insula gave moderate cell labelling in the accessory basal nucleus.

Fig. 3C

Made by an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0); a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees.

BLN (basolateral amygdaloid nuclear complex) UBERON:0006107 projects to AI (Agranular insular area) UBERON:0034893 · Rat

Retrograde AAV2-retro-tdTomato injected into the agranular posterior insula produced no visible labelled neurons in the BLA.

Fig. 3D

Made by an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0); a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees.

BLA (basal amygdaloid nucleus) UBERON:0002887 projects to AI (Agranular insular area) UBERON:0034893 · Rat

Retrograde injection into the anterior insula labelled many neurons in the basal amygdaloid nucleus.

Fig. 3B

Made by an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0); a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees.

BLN (basolateral amygdaloid nuclear complex) UBERON:0006107 projects to CTX (Cerebral cortex) UBERON:0000956 · Rat

The same anterograde BLA injections produced only a few mCherry-labelled axon terminals in the posterior insular cortex.

Fig. 3A; Results, Dense Structural Connections section

Made by an AI model reading the paper (claude-opus-5-5, extract@0.3.0); a second AI model (claude-opus-5-5) agrees.