Collateralization of projections from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to the nucleus accumbens, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and central nucleus of the amygdala

• Published in: Brain Structure and Function Vol. 222; no. 9; pp. 3927 - 3943
• Main Authors: Dong, Xinwen, Li, Sa, Kirouac, Gilbert J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Amygdala; Animal behavior; Animals; Aversion; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain Mapping; Brain research; Cell Biology; Cholera toxin; Cholera Toxin - metabolism; Emotional behavior; Fluorescent indicators; Functional Laterality - physiology; Male; Midline Thalamic Nuclei - anatomy & histology; Midline Thalamic Nuclei - physiology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurology; Neurons; Neurosciences; Nucleus accumbens; Nucleus Accumbens - anatomy & histology; Nucleus Accumbens - physiology; Original Article; Paraventricular nucleus; Phosphopyruvate Hydratase - metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Septal Nuclei - physiology; Stria terminalis; Thalamus; Nucleus accumbens; Midline thalamus; Paraventricular nucleus; Emotion; Motivation; Extended amygdala

The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) is a midline thalamic nucleus with dense projections to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), dorsolateral region of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTDL) and the lateral/capsular region of the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeL/CeC). Recent exper...