… Inputs to the dopamine neurons originate from a wide variety of areas, with excitatory
projections from cortex, lateral dorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTg), and pedunculopontine tegmental …

… Midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons play a central role in a wide range of behaviors, from
attention … expressed on ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) …

… After bilateral tVTA lesion, we observed that the basal activity of SNc dopamine neurons
was chronically enhanced (control, 3.5±0.3 Hz; lesion, 5.2±0.5 Hz) (Figure 4b), even though no …

… sustained stressors on DA neuron physiology has not been … the response of ventral tegmental
area DA neurons in rats to acute as … (population activity; ie, number of DA neurons firing …

… play in regulating activity in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra (SNc)
and controlling the release of dopamine in projection areas. Dopamine D2-autoreceptors – …

… tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons… dopamine neurons in rodents, an effect seen in
humans as well, and concomitantly increase the excitability of the cells but decrease dopamine …

… In contrast to neurons in many areas of the brain, dopamine neurons cannot be easily
separated into distinct categories according to their responses to different stimuli. They are likely …

… Dopamine neurons must integrate sensory, motor, and … plasticity mechanisms controlling
dopamine neuron activity, mostly … that takes place at dopamine neurons, thereby stimulating …

… STATEMENT Dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are … neuron
activity. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is emerging as a key regulator of DA neuron activity, …

… To examine whether this occurs by activation of DA neuron firing, the effects of chemical
stimulation of the vSub on ventral tegmental area (VTA) DA neuron activity were examined …