Vta
VTA
On places and borders in the brain
While various forms of cells have been found in relation to the hippocampus cognitive map and navigation system, how these cells are formed and what is read from them is still a mystery. In the current lecture I will talk about several projects which tackle these issues. First, I will show how the formation of border cells in the coginitive map is related to a coordinate transformation, second I will discuss the interaction between the reward system (VTA) and the hippocampus. Finally I will describe a project using place cells as a proxy for associative memory for assessing deficits in Alzheimer’s disease.
VTA dopamine neurons signal phasic and ramping reward prediction error in goal-directed navigation
COSYNE 2022
Anatomofunctional characterization of the tail of the ventral tegmental area (tVTA/RMTg) in mice
FENS Forum 2024
VTA circuitry sustains opposite responses of dopaminergic neurons to drugs of abuse
FENS Forum 2024
Dissecting the effects of distinct VTA projections on peripheral immunity
FENS Forum 2024
Dynamic dynorphin release in the VTA during appetitive and aversive associative learning
FENS Forum 2024
Glutamatergic and GABAergic mu-opioid receptor VTA neurons differentially modulate motivational and somatic consequences of fentanyl use
FENS Forum 2024
Mapping the neural circuitry: LC-NE neurons and their connections to VTA and Raphe nuclei
FENS Forum 2024
Maternal Fmr1 deficiency dysregulates offspring sociability and oxytocinergic signaling in the VTA
FENS Forum 2024
Opposite coding of competing rewards by VTA dopamine neurons
FENS Forum 2024
Stimuli-evoked noradrenergic activity in the VTA drives phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens – preliminary results
FENS Forum 2024
Worry not, the VTA has the BNST under control… or does it?
FENS Forum 2024