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ventral tegmental area
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Unpaired midbrain region situated in the ventromedial portion of the reticular formation. The VTA is medial to the substantia nigra and ventral to the red nucleus, and extends caudally from the posterior hypothalamus in the diencephalon. The VTA contains dopamine neurons that project to various limbic and cortical areas and is a critical component of the brain's reward circuitry. [ ]
Term info
Label
ventral tegmental area
Synonyms
- a10a
- ventral tegmental area of tsai
- ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai)
- ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim
RO 0002171
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001947, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001715, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002141, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002438, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003040, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001966, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001944, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002995, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002722, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002696
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external definition
Region of the mesencephalon that arises from a small area of the neural plate, spanning the midline immediately adjacent, and being slightly posterior to the dorsal tegmentum area[XAO:0004226, PMID:2351962].
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch), area tegmentalis ventralis, ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum, area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai), ventral brain stem, tegmentum ventrale, ventral tegmental area (Tsai)
id
UBERON:0002691