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SUBMITTER: Kato TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848207 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kato Tomoaki M TM Fujimori-Tonou Noriko N Mizukami Hiroaki H Ozawa Keiya K Fujisawa Shigeyoshi S Kato Tadafumi T
Scientific reports 20191111 1
The paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT) is a part of epithalamus and sends outputs to emotion-related brain areas such as the medial prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, and amygdala. Various functional roles of the PVT in emotion-related behaviors are drawing attention. Here, we investigated the effect of manipulation of PVT neurons on the firing patterns of medial prefrontal cortical (mPFC) neurons and depression-like behavior. Extracellular single-unit recordings revealed that acute activ ...[more]