ventral tegmental area
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002691
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. [ BIRNLEX:1415 ]
Synonyms: ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai), ventral tegmental area of tsai, a10a, ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai
Term info
- BM:MB-VTA
- GAID:587
- UMLS:C0175405 (BIRNLEX:1415)
- XAO:0004226
- BAMS:VTA
- MBA:749
- CALOHA:TS-2389
- DHBA:12261
- EMAPA:35913
- Wikipedia:Ventral_tegmental_area
- EFO:0001935
- neuronames:521 (BIRNLEX:1415)
- HBA:9066
- MESH:D017557
- BIRNLEX:1415
- FMA:72438
uberon_slim, efo_slim
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001947, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001715, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002141, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002438, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003040, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001944, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001966, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002995, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002722, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002696
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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ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch), area tegmentalis ventralis, ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum, area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai), ventral brain stem, tegmentum ventrale, ventral tegmental area (Tsai)
uberon
UBERON:0002691
ventral tegmental area, Ventral tegmental area