In experiments in rodents, a team led by researchers at NYU Langone Health boosted activity in dopamine-releasing cells in a ...

New research reveals that dopamine plays a crucial role in teaching young male mice to fight, with the chemical’s influence ...

Furthermore, these changes were also suppressed when the activity of the ventral tegmental area, which receives input from neurons in the lateral habenula, was pharmacologically inhibited.

It receives inputs from the limbic system and the basal ganglia and sends outputs to midbrain areas that are involved in the release of dopamine (the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral ...

Dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area are believed to be involved in reward-dependent behaviors. Consistent with this role, they are activated by rewards ...

Utilizing dual-color fiber photometry calcium recordings alongside projection-specific chemogenetic and optogenetic manipulations of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), the ...

Like humans, mice will compete over territory and mates, and show increased confidence in their fighting skills the more they win. At first, a brain chemical called dopamine is essential for young ...