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. 2016 Nov 22;10:539. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00539

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Simplified representation of the connectivity through the epithalamus (adapted from Hikosaka, 2010). GPh, habenula-projecting globus pallidus; IPN, interpeduncular nucleus; RMTg, rostromedial tegmental nucleus; SNc, substantia nigra, pars compacta; VTA, ventral tegmental area. GPh depends upon the cortical-subcortical circuit being considered. GPh, localized within the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the limbic circuit, within the ventral pallidum concerning the motivational circuit and within the globus pallidus (border region, GPb) within the extrapyramidal circuit.