ventral tegmental area

Introduction

Contains dopaminergic neurons of the mesolimbic system.

Efferents

• projects dopaminergic fibers to entorhinal cortex, olfactory tubercle, cingulate gyrus & frontal cortex.

More general terms

• brain structure

Additional terms

• cingulate gyrus; gyrus cinguli; cingulate cortex
• dopamine (Inotropin, Dopastat)
• entorhinal cortex (Brodmann's area 28)
• frontal cortex
• mesolimbic system
• olfactory tubercle

Component of

• tegmentum mesencephali