loading...| Preferred Name | ventral tegmental area | |
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ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch) tegmentum ventrale area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai) area tegmentalis ventralis ventral brain stem ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum ventral tegmental area (Tsai) VTA ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai) ventral tegmental area of tsai ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai a10a |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002691 |
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| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Ventral_tegmental_area neuronames:521 EFO:0001935 MESH:D017557 EMAPA:35913 XAO:0004226 CALOHA:TS-2389 UMLS:C0175405 BIRNLEX:1415 BAMS:VTA BM:MB-VTA DHBA:12261 FMA:72438 GAID:587 HBA:9066 MBA:749 |
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| definition |
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. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Gray712.png |
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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]. |
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VTA |
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| has_exact_synonym |
ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai) ventral tegmental area of tsai ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai a10a |
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uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch) tegmentum ventrale area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai) area tegmentalis ventralis ventral brain stem ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum ventral tegmental area (Tsai) |
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UBERON:0002691 |
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ventral tegmental area |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002691 |
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| preferred label |
ventral tegmental area |
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ventral tegmental area |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001966 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002722 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002995 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001715 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003040 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002696 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001947 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001944 |
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