"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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| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventral Tegmental Area" by people in Profiles.
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Huang S, Liu X, Lin S, Glynn C, Felix K, Sahasrabudhe A, Maley C, Xu J, Chen W, Hong E, Crosby AJ, Wang Q, Rao S. Control of polymers' amorphous-crystalline transition enables miniaturization and multifunctional integration for hydrogel bioelectronics. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 25; 15(1):3525.
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Molas S, Zhao-Shea R, Freels TG, Tapper AR. Viral Tracing Confirms Paranigral Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Inputs to the Interpeduncular Nucleus Where Dopamine Release Encodes Motivated Exploration. eNeuro. 2023 01; 10(1).
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Doyle MA, Bali V, Eagle AL, Stark AR, Fallon B, Neve RL, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS. Serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 activity in ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons regulates cocaine conditioned place preference but not cocaine self-administration. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 08; 46(9):1574-1583.
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Bali V, Simmons SC, Manning CE, Doyle MA, Rodriguez M, Stark AR, Ayala Rosario SN, Robison AJ, Mazei-Robison MS. Characterization of proinflammatory markers in the ventral tegmental area across mouse models of chronic stress. Neuroscience. 2021 05 01; 461:11-22.
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Doyle MA, Mazei-Robison MS. Opioid-Induced Molecular and Cellular Plasticity of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2021 02 01; 11(2).
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Doyle MA, Stark AR, Fejes-T?th G, N?ray-Fejes-T?th A, Mazei-Robison MS. Behavioral effects of SGK1 knockout in VTA and dopamine neurons. Sci Rep. 2020 09 08; 10(1):14751.
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Buck SA, Torregrossa MM, Logan RW, Freyberg Z. Roles of dopamine and glutamate co-release in the nucleus accumbens in mediating the actions of drugs of abuse. FEBS J. 2021 03; 288(5):1462-1474.
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DeGroot SR, Zhao-Shea R, Chung L, Klenowski PM, Sun F, Molas S, Gardner PD, Li Y, Tapper AR. Midbrain Dopamine Controls Anxiety-like Behavior by Engaging Unique Interpeduncular Nucleus Microcircuitry. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 12 01; 88(11):855-866.
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Logan RW, Parekh PK, Kaplan GN, Becker-Krail DD, Williams WP, Yamaguchi S, Yoshino J, Shelton MA, Zhu X, Zhang H, Waplinger S, Fitzgerald E, Oliver-Smith J, Sundarvelu P, Enwright JF, Huang YH, McClung CA. NAD+ cellular redox and SIRT1 regulate the diurnal rhythms of tyrosine hydroxylase and conditioned cocaine reward. Mol Psychiatry. 2019 11; 24(11):1668-1684.
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Molas S, DeGroot SR, Zhao-Shea R, Tapper AR. Anxiety and Nicotine Dependence: Emerging Role of the Habenulo-Interpeduncular Axis. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2017 02; 38(2):169-180.