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A summary of the experimental evidence for the presence of POMC axonal projections involved in feeding behaviour (axonal labelling vs immunocytochemistry – references indicated numerically)
| Arcuate POMC projections: | Axonal labelling | Immunocytochemistry |
| Arcuate nucleus | 57 | 48, 62, 93, 119 |
| Brainstem | 91 | 91 |
| PVN | - | 62, 93 |
| Lateral hypothalamus | - | 93 |
| DMH | 160 | 93 |
| SON | - | 93 |
| VMH | - | 93 |
| Periventricular nucleus | - | 93, 172 |
| Nucleus accumbens | - | 93 |
| Amygdala | - | 93 |
