The ventral tegmental area (VTA) contributes to reward and motivation signaling. In addition
to the well established populations of dopamine (DA) or GABA VTA neurons, glutamatergic …

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) has a central role in the neural processes that underlie
motivation and behavioral reinforcement. Although thought to contain only dopamine and …

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is thought to play an important role in reward function. Two
populations of neurons, containing either dopamine (DA) or γ‐amino butyric acid (GABA) …

Dopamine and GABA neurons in the ventral tegmental area project to the nucleus
accumbens and prefrontal cortex and modulate locomotor and reward behaviors as well as …

The role of dopaminergic (DA) projections from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in
appetitive and rewarding behavior has been widely studied, but the VTA also has …

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is well known for regulating reward consumption, learning,
memory, and addiction behaviors through mediating dopamine (DA) release in downstream …

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 …

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) comprises dopamine (DA), γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA)
and glutamate (Glu) neurons. Some rat VTA Glu neurons, expressing vesicular glutamate …

Dopamine-releasing neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have central roles in
reward-related and goal-directed behaviours. VTA dopamine-releasing neurons are …

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is important for reward processing and motivation. The
anatomic organization of neurotransmitter-specific inputs to the VTA remains poorly …