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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
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim

latin term
area tegmentalis ventralis [ NeuroNames : 521 ]

latin term
a10a [ FMA : 72438 FMA : TA ]

abbreviation
VTA [ BIRNLEX : 1415 NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai) [ NeuroNames : 521 ]

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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 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