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. 2022 Jun 6;16:914300. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.914300

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Schematic diagrams showing the distribution of the ipsilateral and contralateral monosynaptic inputs innervating rostromedial tegmental area (RMTg) γ-aminobutyric acid-releasing (GABAergic) neurons. (A) Sagittal sections for a schematic illustration of whole-brain inputs to RMTg GABAergic neurons in vesicular GABA transporter-Cre mice. (B) The proportion of ipsilateral and contralateral inputs to RMTg GABAergic neurons. Abbreviations: M2, secondary motor cortex; Acb, accumbens nucleus; LHb, lateral habenular; LH, lateral hypothalamus; ZI, zona incerta; PAG, periaqueductal gray; DR, dorsal raphe nucleus; SC, superior colliculus; DpMe, deep mesencephalic nucleus; IPN, interpeduncular nucleus; SNr, substantia nigra, reticular part; VTA, ventral tegmental area; PPT, pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Pn, pontine nuclei; LDT, laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; MnR, median raphe nucleus; Gi, gigantocellular reticular nucleus. Data represent the mean ± standard error of the mean.