Dina S. Dowlat

1 week ago | elifesciences.org | Lucie Oriol |Melody H. Chao |Grace J Kollman |Dina S. Dowlat

eLife Assessment This manuscript provides convincing evidence derived from diverse state-of-the-art approaches to suggest that non-dopaminergic projection neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) make local synapses.

Jun 8, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Lucie Oriol |Melody H. Chao |Dina S. Dowlat |Grace J Kollman

AbstractThe ventral tegmental area (VTA) contains projection neurons that release the neurotransmitters dopamine, GABA, and/or glutamate from distal synapses. VTA also contains GABA neurons that synapse locally on to VTA dopamine neurons, synapses widely credited to a population of so-called VTA interneurons.