loading...| Preferred Name |
ventral tegmental area |
| Synonyms |
area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai) ventral brain stem a10a ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum ventral tegmental area (Tsai) ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai) ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai tegmentum ventrale ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch) VTA area tegmentalis ventralis ventral tegmental area of tsai |
| 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. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002691 |
| database_cross_reference |
XAO:0004226 HBA:9066 DHBA:12261 EMAPA:35913 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=521 CALOHA:TS-2389 UMLS:C0175405 FMA:72438 EFO:0001935 MESH:A08.186.211.132.659.822.820 BM:MB-VTA MBA:749 BAMS:VTA GAID:587 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_1415 http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=521 |
| 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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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Gray712.png |
| 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, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2351962]. |
| has_broad_synonym |
VTA |
| has_exact_synonym |
a10a ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai) ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai ventral tegmental area of tsai |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai) ventral brain stem ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum ventral tegmental area (Tsai) tegmentum ventrale ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch) area tegmentalis ventralis |
| id |
UBERON:0002691 |
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| label |
ventral tegmental area |
| notation |
UBERON:0002691 |
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| prefLabel |
ventral tegmental area |
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