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ventral tegmental area
Contains dopaminergic neurons of the mesolimbic system.
Efferents:
- projects dopaminergic fibers to entorhinal cortex, olfactory tubercle, cingulate gyrus & frontal cortex.
Related
cingulate gyrus; gyrus cinguli; cingulate cortex
dopamine (Inotropin, Dopastat)
entorhinal cortex (Brodmann's area 28)
frontal cortex
mesolimbic system
olfactory tubercle
General
brain structure
References
Lanf & Lazano NEJM 339:1044 1998
Component-of
tegmentum mesencephali