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Ventral Tegmental Area

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This page covers biological details of component Ventral Tegmental Area. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to region: Midbrain Mesencephalon -> Ventral Tegmental Area (LMC.MM.VTA) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: nucleus
• Brain area: Lower Brain - Modulatory Contol Area
• Role: relay
• Function: Respond to novel stimuli, unexpected rewards, and reward predictive sensory cues

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Components

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Component items:

• Medial Ventral Tegmental Area
• Parabrachial Pigmented Area
• Paranigral Nucleus
• Parafasciculus Retroflexus Area
• Raphe Nucleus Linearis (LMC.HP.RP.LI): Release of 5-HT was only obtained on stimulation of this nucleus
  • Rostral Linear Nucleus

Connectivity

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Inbound Region Connections:

Outbound Region Connections:

Thirdparty Circuits

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• Regulation of Social Brain - see Reference

• Medial mammillary nucleus and theta rhythm - see Reference

• Mammillary bodies: two memory systems in one - see Reference

• Combining Novelty, Motivational Salience, and Reward to Control Attention and Learning - see Reference

• Oculomotor decision-making - see Reference

• Physiology and pathophysiology of lower urinary tract - see Reference

• Reward circuit of human brain - see Reference

• Habenula Connections - see Reference

• Craving - see Reference

• Amygdala and its network - see Reference

References

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• http://brmlab.cz/project/brain_hacking/tdcs/pfc
• http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n1/fig_tab/nrn1299_F4.html
• http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n1/fig_tab/nrn1299_F2.html
• http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html
• http://www.springerimages.com/Images/LifeSciences/1-10.1007_s00359-004-0565-9-0
• http://www.intechopen.com/books/computational-intelligence-in-electromyography-analysis-a-perspective-on-current-applications-and-future-challenges/sphincter-emg-for-diagnosing-multiple-system-atrophy-and-related-disorders
• http://neurowiki2012.wikispaces.com/Presynaptic+Mechanisms+of+Synaptic+Plasticity
• http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Habenula
• http://www.surgicalneurologyint.com/article.asp?issn=2152-7806;year=2012;volume=3;issue=2;spage=40;epage=46;aulast=Langevin