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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.
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Thus, the ventral tegmental area is reciprocally connected with a wide range of structures throughout the brain suggesting that it has a role in the control of function in the phylogenetically newer and highly developed neocortex, as well as that of the phylogenetically older limbic areas.
Jul 8, 2021 · The ventral tegmental area in the brain, also known as the VTA, is a small cluster of neurons present in our midbrain, and it has a vital role in our reward system. The VTA contains the cell bodies of dopaminergic neurons, GABA neurons, and glutamate neurons primarily.
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
Anatomy and Function of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neurons. 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.
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.