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      • The ventral tegmental area gets knowledge from different areas of the brain that tell it about the essential human needs and desires and how they are fulfilled. VTA transfers this information towards another part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens using dopamine neurons as a messenger.
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  1. Oct 30, 2023 · The nucleus accumbens receives dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra of the midbrain. This connection forms part of a major dopaminergic pathway called the mesolimbic pathway (reward pathway), which connects the VTA with regions of the limbic system including the nucleus accumbens, hypothalamus, amygdala ...

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  3. The nucleus accumbens and the ventral tegmental area are the primary sites where addictive drugs act. The following are commonly considered to be addictive: cocaine, alcohol, opioids, nicotine, cannabinoids, and amphetamine and its analogs. These drugs alter the neuromodulatory influence of dopamine on the processing of reinforcement signals by ...

  4. May 20, 2022 · Long-range projections of ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamate neurons and their functions. VTA glutamate neurons project to the ventral pallidum, the nucleus accumbens, the prefrontal cortex, the lateral habenula and the dorsal hippocampus.

    • Jing Cai, Qingchun Tong
    • Front Neural Circuits. 2022; 16: 867053.
    • 10.3389/fncir.2022.867053
    • 2022
  5. Sep 21, 2023 · The nucleus accumbens (NAcc) is located in the basal forebrain and is a major structure of the ventral striatum, an area of the brain associated with the limbic system, and regulates limbic functions of motivation, affect, and reward.

  6. Sep 14, 2023 · The nucleus accumbens is an area found in the ventral striatum that is strongly associated with motivation and reward and is part of complex circuits involving the amygdala and the hippocampus. The activation of the nucleus accumbens causes dopamine levels in this region to rise.

  7. May 19, 2022 · Long-range projections of ventral tegmental area (VTA) glutamate neurons and their functions. VTA glutamate neurons project to the ventral pallidum, the nucleus accumbens, the prefrontal cortex, the lateral habenula and the dorsal hippocampus.

  8. Jan 5, 2017 · Key Points. Dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have been theorized to play a part in various aspects of motivated behaviour. These different behaviours may be mediated by...

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