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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Neurosci. 2021 Apr 6;44:359–381. doi: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-102320-102847

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The mouse oxytocin system. (a) Axonal projections of PVN oxytocin neurons. Panel a adapted from Knobloch et al. (2012), Mitre et al. (2016), and Zhang et al. (2021). (b) Inputs to PVN oxytocin neurons. Panel b adapted from Tang et al. (2020). Abbreviations: A, amygdala; AON, anterior olfactory nucleus; Arc, arcuate nucleus; AuCx, auditory cortex; BLA, basolateral amygdala; BNST, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; CeA, central nucleus of the amygdala; CPu, caudate putamen; DMH, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; DRG, dorsal root ganglion; GP, globus pallidus; Hb, habenula; InfCx, infralimbic cortex; Ins, insular cortex; LH, lateral hypothalamus; LS, lateral septum; MEA, medial amygdala; mPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; MPOA, medial preoptic area; NAc, nucleus accumbens; OrbCx, orbitofrontal cortex; PAG, periaqueductal gray; PBN, parabrachial nucleus; PH, posterior hypothalamic nucleus; PiCx, piriform cortex; PIL, posterior intralaminar nucleus of the thalamus; PlimCx, prelimbic cortex; PPi, posterior pituitary; PVN, paraventricular nucleus; PVT, paraventricular thalamus; RN, raphe nuclei; SNc, substantia nigra pars compacta; SON, supraoptic nucleus; VTA, ventral tegmental area; ZI, zona incerta.