VTA GABA Neurons at the Interface of Stress and Reward
The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is best known for its robust dopaminergic projections to forebrain regions and their critical role in regulating reward, motivation, cognition, and aversion. However, the VTA is not only made of dopamine (DA) cells, as approximately 30% of cells in the VTA are GABA n...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neural Circuits |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2019.00078/full |