Dopamine neurons in the midbrain respond to behavioral events and environmental stimuli.
Their different patterns of activation in turn modulate the activity of forebrain regions and …

The midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons play a central role in developing appropriate goal-
directed behaviors, including the motivation and cognition to develop appropriate actions to …

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are common throughout the CNS. The predominant
subtypes in the brain are positively coupled to phosphoinositide hydrolysis and have been …

Publisher Summary The limbic structures (nucleus accumbens, amygdala) as well as the
striatum receive afferents from the two main dopaminergic systems of the CNS (the …

Laterodorsal (LDT) and pedunculopontine (PPT) tegmental nuclei in the mesopontine
project cholinergic inputs to the midbrain ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra …

Cholinergic and glutamatergic neurons in the laterodorsal tegmentum (LDT) and
neighbouring mesopontine nuclei are thought to influence mesolimbic dopaminergic …

The organization of the main dopaminergic cell groups in the brain, located in the ventral
mesencephalic tegmentum, and the circuits in which they are inserted are reviewed here …

The striatum and its dense dopaminergic innervation originating in the midbrain, primarily
from the substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area, compose the …

Midbrain dopamine neurons fire in bursts conveying salient information. Bursts are
associated with pauses in tonic firing of striatal cholinergic interneurons. Although the …

Previous observations indicate that the basal forebrain receives dopaminergic input from the
ventral midbrain. The present study aimed at determining the topographic organization of …