The Ventral Tegmental Area has calbindin neurons with the capability to co‐release glutamate and dopamine into the nucleus accumbens
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DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14493
Abstract: The ventral tegmental area (VTA) has three major classes of neurons: dopaminergic (expressing tyrosine hydroxylase; TH), GABAergic (expressing vesicular GABA transporter; VGaT) and glutamatergic (expressing vesicular glutamate transporter 2; VGluT2). While VTA dopaminergic and GABAergic… read more here.
Keywords: tegmental area; vta vglut2; vglut2; ventral tegmental ... See more keywords