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Mesolimbic pathway
- VTA transfers this information towards another part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens using dopamine neurons as a messenger. This action takes place on a specific pathway from the VTA through the nucleus accumbens onto the other parts of the brain. This pathway is called the mesolimbic pathway.
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The VTA is the origin of the dopaminergic cell bodies of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system and other dopamine pathways; it is widely implicated in the drug and natural reward circuitry of the brain.
May 20, 2022 · The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is well known for regulating reward consumption, learning, memory, and addiction behaviors through mediating dopamine (DA) release in downstream regions. Other than DA neurons, the VTA is known to be heterogeneous and contains other types of neurons, including glutamate neurons.
- Jing Cai, Qingchun Tong
- Front Neural Circuits. 2022; 16: 867053.
- 10.3389/fncir.2022.867053
- 2022
Jan 5, 2017 · Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons (which we here define as those neurons that express the dopamine-producing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and release dopamine ( Box 1) are...
- Marisela Morales, Elyssa B. Margolis
- 2017
The dopaminergic pathway mostly involved in reward is the so-called mesolimbic system, which is formed by projections of midbrain dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the striatum, prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and many other structures of the limbic system.
- 10.1007/978-3-030-81147-1_4
- 2021
There are several major efferents that project from the VTA; two of the most prominent are the mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways, which travel to limbic and cortical areas, respectively. The variation in the destination of their efferents leads to a divergence in the functions attributed to the VTA and substantia nigra.
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is well known for regulating reward consumption, learning, memory, and addiction behaviors through mediating dopamine (DA) release in downstream regions. Other than DA neurons, the VTA is known to be heterogeneous and contains other types of neurons, including glutamate neurons.
