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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2011 Jul 1;519(10):2023–2042. doi: 10.1002/cne.22620

Fig. 16.

Fig. 16

Organization of Ucn 3 projections to the VMH and LS. The magnitude of each pathway is roughly proportional to the thickness of the line representing it. Ucn 3 neurons in the PVHap/pBNST provide the major Ucn 3 afferent input to the VMH. Ucn 3 cells in the rPFH immediately caudal to the PVHap/pBNST Ucn 3 cell group project predominately to the LS. Ucn 3 cells in the MeA provide moderate afferent into the VMH. BNST: Bed nucleus of stria terminalis, f: Fornix, LS: Lateral septal nucleus, MeA: Medial amygdala, MePO: Median preoptic nucleus, PVHap: Anterior parvicellular part of the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, VMH: Ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus.