Chemogenetic Inhibition of Lateral Hypothalamus Inputs to the Paraventricular Thalamus Reduces Goal-Tracking in a Behaviorally Flexible Subgroup of Male Rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.728487v1
Easily the largest dataset of neurons recorded in the central amygdala during sucrose and alcohol self administration to date - super cool!
More evidence the CeA is a motivational amplifier (but I’m biased bc it’s from @janaklab.bsky.social )