TPH2 in the ventral tegmental area of the male rat brain
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Glutamatergic afferents of the ventral tegmental area in the rat.
Glutamatergic inputs to the ventral tegmental area (VTA), thought crucial to the capacity of the VTA to detect and signal stimulus salience, have been reported to arise in but a few structures. However, the afferent system of the VTA comprises very abundant neurons within a large formation extending from the prefrontal cortex to the caudal brainstem. Neurons in nearly all parts of this continuu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain Research Bulletin
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0361-9230
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.01.006