"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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| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 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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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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Entopeduncular Nucleus Projections to the Lateral Habenula Contribute to Cocaine Avoidance. J Neurosci. 2021 01 13; 41(2):298-306.
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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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A Paranigral VTA Nociceptin Circuit that Constrains Motivation for Reward. Cell. 2019 07 25; 178(3):653-671.e19.
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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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Inhibition of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus reverses alcohol withdrawal-induced anxiety-like behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 10; 44(11):1896-1905.
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Generality and opponency of rostromedial tegmental (RMTg) roles in valence processing. Elife. 2019 01 22; 8.
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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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Gene expression and neurochemical characterization of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg) in rats and mice. Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Jan; 224(1):219-238.
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Opposing actions of CRF-R1 and CB1 receptors on VTA-GABAergic plasticity following chronic exposure to ethanol. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 09; 43(10):2064-2074.