Efferent and Afferent Connections of Neuropeptide Y Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens of Mice

• Main Authors: Shunji Yamada (Author), Nienke van Kooten (Author), Takuma Mori (Author), Katsutoshi Taguchi (Author), Atsushi Tsujimura (Author), Masaki Tanaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a neural peptide distributed widely in the brain and has various functions in each region. We previously reported that NPY neurons in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) are involved in the regulation of anxiety behavior. Anterograde and retrograde tracing studies suggest that neuron...