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. 2012 Sep 19;32(38):13309–13325. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2277-12.2012

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Figure 4. — Pattern of major projections to VTA from diencephalon and mesencephalon. A, Many CTb+ neurons were seen in LHb (top; inset shows a close up at 60× magnification), and in dorsal hypothalamus (bottom). B, Many CTb+ neurons were seen in DR, tVTA, PAG, and PPT. Inset shows 20× magnification photo within tVTA. cp, cerebral peduncle; DR, dorsal raphe nucleus; f, fornix; MHb, medial habenula; PAG, periaqueductal gray; PPT, pedunculopontine nucleus; VMH, ventromedial hypothalamus; VMLH, ventromedial portion of the lateral hypothalamus. Scale bars are shown in each panel.