"Ventral Tegmental Area" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A region in the MESENCEPHALON which is dorsomedial to the SUBSTANTIA NIGRA and ventral to the RED NUCLEUS. The mesocortical and mesolimbic dopaminergic systems originate here, including an important projection to the NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS. Overactivity of the cells in this area has been suspected to contribute to the positive symptoms of SCHIZOPHRENIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D017557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.413.875.820
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| Concept/Terms |
Ventral Tegmental Area- Ventral Tegmental Area
- Tegmental Area, Ventral
- Ventral Tegmental Area of Tsai
- Area Tegmentalis Ventralis
- Area Tegmentalis Ventrali
- Tegmentalis Ventrali, Area
- Tegmentalis Ventralis, Area
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| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventral Tegmental Area" by people in Profiles.
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Jhou TC. The rostromedial tegmental (RMTg) "brake" on dopamine and behavior: A decade of progress but also much unfinished work. Neuropharmacology. 2021 10 15; 198:108763.
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Li H, Eid M, Pullmann D, Chao YS, Thomas AA, Jhou TC. Entopeduncular Nucleus Projections to the Lateral Habenula Contribute to Cocaine Avoidance. J Neurosci. 2021 01 13; 41(2):298-306.
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Li H, Vento PJ, Parrilla-Carrero J, Pullmann D, Chao YS, Eid M, Jhou TC. Three Rostromedial Tegmental Afferents Drive Triply Dissociable Aspects of Punishment Learning and Aversive Valence Encoding. Neuron. 2019 12 04; 104(5):987-999.e4.
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Parker KE, Pedersen CE, Gomez AM, Spangler SM, Walicki MC, Feng SY, Stewart SL, Otis JM, Al-Hasani R, McCall JG, Sakers K, Bhatti DL, Copits BA, Gereau RW, Jhou T, Kash TJ, Dougherty JD, Stuber GD, Bruchas MR. A Paranigral VTA Nociceptin Circuit that Constrains Motivation for Reward. Cell. 2019 07 25; 178(3):653-671.e19.
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Namboodiri VMK, Otis JM, van Heeswijk K, Voets ES, Alghorazi RA, Rodriguez-Romaguera J, Mihalas S, Stuber GD. Single-cell activity tracking reveals that orbitofrontal neurons acquire and maintain a long-term memory to guide behavioral adaptation. Nat Neurosci. 2019 07; 22(7):1110-1121.
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Glover EJ, Starr EM, Chao Y, Jhou TC, Chandler LJ. Inhibition of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus reverses alcohol withdrawal-induced anxiety-like behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 10; 44(11):1896-1905.
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Li H, Pullmann D, Cho JY, Eid M, Jhou TC. Generality and opponency of rostromedial tegmental (RMTg) roles in valence processing. Elife. 2019 01 22; 8.
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Conway SM, Puttick D, Russell S, Potter D, Roitman MF, Chartoff EH. Females are less sensitive than males to the motivational- and dopamine-suppressing effects of kappa opioid receptor activation. Neuropharmacology. 2019 03 01; 146:231-241.
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Mahler SV, Brodnik ZD, Cox BM, Buchta WC, Bentzley BS, Quintanilla J, Cope ZA, Lin EC, Riedy MD, Scofield MD, Messinger J, Ruiz CM, Riegel AC, España RA, Aston-Jones G. Chemogenetic Manipulations of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons Reveal Multifaceted Roles in Cocaine Abuse. J Neurosci. 2019 01 16; 39(3):503-518.
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Smith RJ, Vento PJ, Chao YS, Good CH, Jhou TC. Gene expression and neurochemical characterization of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg) in rats and mice. Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Jan; 224(1):219-238.