Rohan V. Bhimani

Nov 14, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Rohan V. Bhimani |Ryan Pauly |Caroline Bass |Jinwoo Park

AbstractCentral dopamine (DA) innervation of the olfactory tubercle (OT) from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) plays a critical role in encoding multisensory information and generating behavioral outputs necessary for survival. However, due to anatomical restrictions and the neurochemical heterogeneity of the VTA and OT, very little is known about the functional link between mesolimbic VTA-DA transmission in the OT and its role in mediating reward and drug seeking.