Dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have been theorized to play a part in various aspects of motivated behaviour These different behaviours may be mediated by different dopamine ...

该研究的核心聚焦于中脑腹侧被盖区（ventral tegmental area, VTA）多巴胺神经元如何通过经验依赖性的方式调节小鼠的攻击行为。 攻击行为作为一种本能 ...

A new Neuron perspective reveals that stress can both disrupt and promote sleep, with specific brain circuits making ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated whether monoamine neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, are involved in hippocampal activation even during light exercise. Dopamine secreted from ...

Rather, the major 'novelty center' of the brain -- called the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA) -- might be activated by the unexpectedness of a stimulus, the emotional arousal it ...

What if you could hack them to motivate yourself? These neurons are located in the middle of the brain, in a region called the ventral tegmental area. A paper published Thursday in the journal ...

The team from the Department of Neurophysiology showed in rats how the so-called locus coeruleus and the ventral tegmental area permanently alter brain activity in the hippocampus region ...

The ventral tegmental area contains, among others, cells that produce dopamine. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Intriguingly, this modulation was not mirrored in reward centers like the ventral tegmental area, challenging previous assumptions about nicotine's impact. "This study demonstrates that the ...

The researchers found that these neurons communicate to two different brain regions: the lateral habenula, a key brain region in the pathophysiology of depression, and the ventral tegmental area ...