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Putative circuit of interaction between cholinergic inputs from NBM and OT releasing neurons in the BLA. OT is released from the axons of neurons located in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus. OT binds receptors on the terminals of cholinergic neurons from the NBM that contact projection cells in the BLA. These cells project to the NAc but also to many other targets included in a circuit labeled as the “social brain”
