Multi-transmitter high-fidelity innervation of the forebrain extended amygdala by pontine PACAP-expressing neurons
Limei Zhang, Vito S. Hernández, David M. Giraldo‐Gómez, Sunny Zhihong Jiang, Juan Carlos León‐Contreras, Rong Ye, Shiliang Zhang, Martin Schäfer, Rafael A. Barrio, Rogélio Hernández‐Pando, Sabina Schoenherr, Francesco Ferraguti, Lee E. Eiden
The paper identifies a multimodal calyx-like synapse in the forebrain extended amygdala formed by glutamatergic afferents from the pontine Kolliker-Fuse nucleus that co-release multiple neurotransmitters and neuropeptides.
bioRxiv · Apr 3, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience