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The dopamine (DA) neurons found in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are widely involved in the addiction and natural reward circuitry of the brain. Their firing patterns were shown to be important ...

The mesolimbic dopamine system, particularly projections from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), plays a critical role in food reward processing.

In male mice, neuronal projections from the ventral tegmental area go to the brain’s nucleus accumbens to mediate female socio-sexual preference, but to the medial preoptic area to mediate male ...

Neurons that release dopamine in the midbrain region known as the ventral tegmental area have been shown to be involved in short-term memory, but their responses are thought to be too slow to store ...

After a month of repeated dosing and stimulation, the researchers found even more oligodendrocytes and myelinated dopamine-producing cells with thick myelin in the ventral tegmental area.

For the first time, researchers have discovered that the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain—a key structure involved in motivation and reward appreciation—has altered connectivity ...