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The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is considered integral in reward behaviors and cognitive functions (Goldman-Rakic et al., 2004; Ikemoto, 2007 ), and is notably active in circumstances of arousal, stress, motivation, or memory retrieval ( Wise, 2004; Nicola et al., 2005 ). Tsai (1925) was the first to identify the VTA in the opossum brain and ...
Oct 14, 2012 · Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons have important roles in adaptive and pathological brain functions related to reward and motivation. However, it is unknown whether subpopulations of ...
Jun 14, 2021 · This study aims to comparatively explore the modulation effect of Baduanjin, a popular mind-body exercise, and physical exercise on the cognitive function, as well as the norepinephrine and dopamine systems using the resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) method in patients with MCI. 69 patients were randomized to the Baduanjin, brisk ...
Oct 7, 2019 · The ventral tegmental area is a midbrain region known for the involvement of its dopaminergic neurons in encoding reward-related features, value and motivational states. New research suggests a role for inhibitory neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the orchestration of head movements, which might be instrumental in guiding animals towards spatial targets during motivated behaviour.
Jan 5, 2017 · Abstract Dopamine-releasing neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have central roles in. reward-related and goal-directed behaviours. VT A dopamine-releasing neurons are. heterogeneous in ...
Reward-dependent behaviors depend on dopamine (DA) transmission between the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the nucleus accumbens (NAc), which conveys reward-values and scales reinforced behaviors. However, whether and how NAPE-PLD may contribute to the regulation of feeding and reward-dependent behaviors has not yet been investigated.
The mesolimbic dopaminergic projections, that originate from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and project to various regions of the forebrain with a major input to the NAc, occupy a central position within the reinforcement circuit (20, 58, 112, 168, 183, 185, 270).
