Ventral tegmental area: cellular heterogeneity, connectivity and behaviour

Feeding and Reward Are Differentially Induced by Activating GABAergic Lateral Hypothalamic Projections to VTA

(2016) M. F. Barbano et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cue-Evoked Dopamine Release Rapidly Modulates D2 Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens During Motivated Behavior

(2016) Catarina Owesson-White et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Locus coeruleus and dopaminergic consolidation of everyday memory

(2016) Tomonori Takeuchi et al.   NATURE

Dopamine neurons share common response function for reward prediction error

(2016) Neir Eshel et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

VTA glutamatergic inputs to nucleus accumbens drive aversion by acting on GABAergic interneurons

(2016) Jia Qi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Lateral hypothalamic circuits for feeding and reward

(2016) Garret D Stuber et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Mechanisms and functions of GABA co-release

(2016) Nicolas X. Tritsch et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Inhibitory Input from the Lateral Hypothalamus to the Ventral Tegmental Area Disinhibits Dopamine Neurons and Promotes Behavioral Activation

(2016) Edward H. Nieh et al.   NEURON

Distributed and Mixed Information in Monosynaptic Inputs to Dopamine Neurons

(2016) Ju Tian et al.   NEURON

Melanocortin 3 Receptor Signaling in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Increases the Motivation for Food Reward

(2016) Rahul Pandit et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Loss of UBE3A from TH-expressing neurons suppresses GABA co-release and enhances VTA-NAc optical self-stimulation

(2016) Janet Berrios et al.   Nature Communications

Glutamate neurons are intermixed with midbrain dopamine neurons in nonhuman primates and humans

(2016) David H. Root et al.   Scientific Reports

Afferent Inputs to Neurotransmitter-Defined Cell Types in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2016) Lauren Faget et al.   Cell Reports

Circuit Architecture of VTA Dopamine Neurons Revealed by Systematic Input-Output Mapping

(2015) Kevin T. Beier et al.   CELL

Decoding Neural Circuits that Control Compulsive Sucrose Seeking

(2015) Edward H. Nieh et al.   CELL

Glutamatergic and dopaminergic neurons in the mouse ventral tegmental area

(2015) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Sources of input to the rostromedial tegmental nucleus, ventral tegmental area, and lateral habenula compared: A study in rat

(2015) Leora Yetnikoff et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Functional Connectome Analysis of Dopamine Neuron Glutamatergic Connections in Forebrain Regions

(2015) S. Mingote et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Norepinephrine Activates Dopamine D4 Receptors in the Rat Lateral Habenula

(2015) D. H. Root et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

GIRK Channels Modulate Opioid-Induced Motor Activity in a Cell Type- and Subunit-Dependent Manner

(2015) L. Kotecki et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Rewarding Effects of Optical Stimulation of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamatergic Neurons

(2015) H.-L. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dopaminergic and glutamatergic microdomains in a subset of rodent mesoaccumbens axons

(2015) Shiliang Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Function and developmental origin of a mesocortical inhibitory circuit

(2015) Anna Kabanova et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Considerations When Using Cre-Driver Rodent Lines for Studying Ventral Tegmental Area Circuitry

(2015) Garret D. Stuber et al.   NEURON

Diversity of Transgenic Mouse Models for Selective Targeting of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2015) Stephan Lammel et al.   NEURON

Contemporary approaches to neural circuit manipulation and mapping: focus on reward and addiction

(2015) Benjamin T. Saunders et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1a1 mediates a GABA synthesis pathway in midbrain dopaminergic neurons

(2015) J.-I. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Understanding opioid reward

(2015) Howard L. Fields et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Long-range projection neurons of the mouse ventral tegmental area: a single-cell axon tracing analysis

(2015) Ana Aransay et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Dopamine neurons projecting to the posterior striatum form an anatomically distinct subclass

(2015) William Menegas et al.   eLife

Distribution and characterisation of Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expressing cells in the mouse brain

(2015) Simon C. Cork et al.   Molecular Metabolism

GABAergic and glutamatergic efferents of the mouse ventral tegmental area

(2014) Seth R. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Direct Bidirectional  -Opioid Control of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2014) E. B. Margolis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Role of Glutamatergic Projections from Ventral Tegmental Area to Lateral Habenula in Aversive Conditioning

(2014) D. H. Root et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Loss of Mitochondrial Fission Depletes Axonal Mitochondria in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2014) A. Berthet et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Similar Roles of Substantia Nigra and Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons in Reward and Aversion

(2014) Anton Ilango et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Single rodent mesohabenular axons release glutamate and GABA

(2014) David H Root et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

VTA CRF neurons mediate the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote intake escalation

(2014) Taryn E Grieder et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dopaminergic neurons promote hippocampal reactivation and spatial memory persistence

(2014) Colin G McNamara et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine Neurons Control Striatal Cholinergic Neurons via Regionally Heterogeneous Dopamine and Glutamate Signaling

(2014) Nao Chuhma et al.   NEURON

Glutamate neurons within the midbrain dopamine regions

(2014) M. Morales et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The antero-posterior heterogeneity of the ventral tegmental area

(2014) M.J. Sanchez-Catalan et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

An update on the connections of the ventral mesencephalic dopaminergic complex

(2014) L. Yetnikoff et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Positive Reinforcement Mediated by Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Requires D1 and D2 Receptor Activation in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2014) Elizabeth E. Steinberg et al.   PLoS One

A glutamatergic reward input from the dorsal raphe to ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

(2014) Jia Qi et al.   Nature Communications

Organization of Monosynaptic Inputs to the Serotonin and Dopamine Neuromodulatory Systems

(2014) Sachie K. Ogawa et al.   Cell Reports

Local control of striatal dopamine release

(2014) Roger Cachope et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Midbrain dopamine neurons sustain inhibitory transmission using plasma membrane uptake of GABA, not synthesis

(2014) Nicolas X Tritsch et al.   eLife

Glutamate neurons in the substantia nigra compacta and retrorubral field

(2013) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opioid Modulation of Ventral Pallidal Afferents to Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons

(2013) G. O. Hjelmstad et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states

(2013) Joshua H. Jennings et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous Inhibitory Synaptic Currents Mediated by a G Protein-Coupled Receptor

(2013) Stephanie C. Gantz et al.   NEURON

A Unique Population of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons Inhibits the Lateral Habenula to Promote Reward

(2013) Alice M. Stamatakis et al.   NEURON

Cocaine Disinhibits Dopamine Neurons by Potentiation of GABA Transmission in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2013) C. Bocklisch et al.   SCIENCE

Heterogeneous composition of dopamine neurons of the rat A10 region: molecular evidence for diverse signaling properties

(2012) Xueping Li et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Ultrastructural characterization of the mesostriatal dopamine innervation in mice, including two mouse lines of conditional VGLUT2 knockout in dopamine neurons

(2012) Noémie Bérubé-Carrière et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

CNS Dopamine Transmission Mediated by Noradrenergic Innervation

(2012) C. C. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Three Types of Neurochemical Projection from the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis to the Ventral Tegmental Area in Adult Mice

(2012) T. Kudo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neurons: Electrophysiological Properties and Projections

(2012) T. S. Hnasko et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Ventral tegmental area GABA projections pause accumbal cholinergic interneurons to enhance associative learning

(2012) Matthew T. C. Brown et al.   NATURE

Neuron-type-specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area

(2012) Jeremiah Y. Cohen et al.   NATURE

Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

(2012) Stephan Lammel et al.   NATURE

Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour

(2012) Kay M. Tye et al.   NATURE

Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons

(2012) Dipesh Chaudhury et al.   NATURE

Activation of VTA GABA Neurons Disrupts Reward Consumption

(2012) Ruud van Zessen et al.   NEURON

GABA Neurons of the VTA Drive Conditioned Place Aversion

(2012) Kelly R. Tan et al.   NEURON

The Mysterious Motivational Functions of Mesolimbic Dopamine

(2012) John D. Salamone et al.   NEURON

Whole-Brain Mapping of Direct Inputs to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

(2012) Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida et al.   NEURON

Optogenetic Mimicry of the Transient Activation of Dopamine Neurons by Natural Reward Is Sufficient for Operant Reinforcement

(2012) Kyung Man Kim et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Rat Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Neurons

(2012) Elyssa B. Margolis et al.   PLoS One

Insights to drug addiction derived from ultrastructural views of the mesocorticolimbic system

(2011) Marisela Morales et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Dopaminergic axons in different divisions of the adult rat striatal complex do not express vesicular glutamate transporters

(2011) Jonathan Moss et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Duration of Inhibition of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons Encodes a Level of Conditioned Fear

(2011) B. Mileykovskiy et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Mesocorticolimbic Glutamatergic Pathway

(2011) T. Yamaguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons Target Non-Dopaminergic Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2011) Y. Xia et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Enhanced Sucrose and Cocaine Self-Administration and Cue-Induced Drug Seeking after Loss of VGLUT2 in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons in Mice

(2011) J. Alsio et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct cellular properties of identified dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in the mouse ventral tegmental area

(2011) Billy Chieng et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Recombinase-Driver Rat Lines: Tools, Techniques, and Optogenetic Application to Dopamine-Mediated Reinforcement

(2011) Ilana B. Witten et al.   NEURON

Dopaminergic Terminals in the Nucleus Accumbens But Not the Dorsal Striatum Corelease Glutamate

(2010) G. D. Stuber et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Glutamatergic Signaling by Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2010) F. Tecuapetla et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Glutamatergic and Nonglutamatergic Neurons of the Ventral Tegmental Area Establish Local Synaptic Contacts with Dopaminergic and Nondopaminergic Neurons

(2010) A. Dobi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dopamine in Motivational Control: Rewarding, Aversive, and Alerting

(2010) Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin et al.   NEURON

Vesicular Glutamate Transport Promotes Dopamine Storage and Glutamate Corelease In Vivo

(2010) Thomas S. Hnasko et al.   NEURON

γ-Aminobutyric Acid Cells with Cocaine-Induced ΔFosB in the Ventral Tegmental Area Innervate Mesolimbic Neurons

(2009) Jennifer Kaufling et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Lateral habenula projections to dopamine and GABA neurons in the rat ventral tegmental area

(2009) Natalia Omelchenko et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Time Course of Dopamine Transmission in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2009) C. P. Ford et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Two types of dopamine neuron distinctly convey positive and negative motivational signals

(2009) Masayuki Matsumoto et al.   NATURE

The Rostromedial Tegmental Nucleus (RMTg), a GABAergic Afferent to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons, Encodes Aversive Stimuli and Inhibits Motor Responses

(2009) Thomas C. Jhou et al.   NEURON

VGLUT2 in dopamine neurons is required for psychostimulant-induced behavioral activation

(2009) C. Birgner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phasic excitation of dopamine neurons in ventral VTA by noxious stimuli

(2009) F. Brischoux et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

(2009) H.-C. Tsai et al.   SCIENCE

Ultrastructural analysis of local collaterals of rat ventral tegmental area neurons: GABA phenotype and synapses onto dopamine and GABA cells

(2009) Natalia Omelchenko et al.   SYNAPSE

Corticotropin-releasing factor binding protein within the ventral tegmental area is expressed in a subset of dopaminergic neurons

(2008) Hui-Ling Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Midbrain Dopamine Neurons: Projection Target Determines Action Potential Duration and Dopamine D2 Receptor Inhibition

(2008) E. B. Margolis et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Unique Properties of Mesoprefrontal Neurons within a Dual Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine System

(2008) Stephan Lammel et al.   NEURON