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Thalamic paraventricular nucleus neurons collateralize to innervate the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens.

Bubser M, Deutch AY
Brain Res. 1998 787 (2): 304-10

PMID: 9518661 · DOI:10.1016/s0006-8993(97)01373-5

The prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens are primary recipients of medial thalamic inputs, prominently including projections from the thalamic paraventricular nucleus. It is not known if paraventricular neurons collateralize to innervate both the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens. We used dual retrograde tract tracing methods to examine this question. A small population of paraventricular neurons was found to innervate the prefrontal cortex and medial nucleus accumbens. These data suggest that the thalamic paraventricular nucleus may coordinately influence activity in the prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum.

Copyright 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.

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Amidines Animals Fluorescent Dyes Immunohistochemistry Male Neurons, Afferent Nucleus Accumbens Prefrontal Cortex Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Stilbamidines Thalamic Nuclei

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