When we do something pleasurable, a bundle of neurons called the ventral
tegmental area uses the neurotransmitter dopamine to signal to a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens.
Not exact matches
Between - group analysis of phase 2 demonstrated a significant activation cluster in the ipsilateral posterior insula (pIns) in group P.
Using the pIns as a seed region the PPI analysis yielded a significant enhanced coupling to the midbrain (periaqueductal grey / ventral
tegmental area) after analgesia onset in group A only.
An ancient structure called the ventral
tegmental area (VTA) controls our ability to
use past experience as a predictor of future reward.
Through the combined
use of in vivo microdialysis and behavioral and neuropharmacological techniques, his early work characterized the role of serotonin and its signaling via serotonin - 1B (5 - HT1B) receptors in the ventral
tegmental area, nucleus accumbens, and ventral pallidum in the rewarding actions of cocaine and ethanol.
They focused on one of its major pathways, the ventral
tegmental area (VTA), which the mPOA
use to transmit messages to other parts of the brain.
Here we
used shRNA to model Shank3 insufficiency in the ventral
tegmental area of mice.