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May 13, 2024 · Dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area support intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS), yet the cognitive representations underlying this phenomenon remain unclear. Here, 20-Hz stimulation of ...
4 days ago · Midbrain dopamine neurons located in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) emerge as leading candidates for providing the teaching signal to the hippocampus.
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May 11, 2024 · Abstract. The ventral subiculum (vSUB), the major output structure of the hippocampal formation, regulates motivation, stress integration, and anxiety-like behaviors that rely on heightened...
May 1, 2024 · These additional brain scans, which looked at the flow of oxygenated blood, pointed out a hub where these awareness and wakefulness networks meet: the ventral tegmental area.
2 days ago · The researchers stained different types of brain cells in key areas of the brainstem, hypothalamus, thalamus, and basal forebrain, and took images of the donor brains using a sophisticated form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Their data allowed them to map underlying structures and individual neural connections deep in the brain.
3 days ago · Their afferents from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the primary motor cortex (M1) amplify specific neural circuits, enhancing motor output precision. The VTA also harmonizes different brain regions involved in reinforcement learning and decision-making, thus fine-tuning sensorimotor performance [22] .
May 1, 2024 · Dr. Edlow explains, “Our connectivity results suggest that stimulation of the ventral tegmental area’s dopaminergic pathways has the potential to help patients recover from coma because this hub node is connected to many regions of the brain that are critical to consciousness.”
