Anatomical Templates of the Midbrain Ventral Tegmental Area and Substantia Nigra for Asian Populations

Nakamura, Yuko; Okada, Naohiro; Kunimatsu, Akira; Kasai, Kiyoto; Koike, Shinsuke

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00383

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Anatomical Templates of the Midbrain Ventral Tegmental Area and Substantia Nigra for Asian Populations

Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry • Aug 28, 2018

Authors:

Yuko Nakamura

Naohiro Okada

Akira Kunimatsu

Abstract

Increasing evidence shows that the midbrain dopaminergic system is involved in various functions. However, details of the role of the midbrain dopaminergic system in these functions are still to be determined in humans. Considering that the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra (SN) in t...

Subject

Ventral tegmental area

Substantia nigra

Midbrain

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