Neurotensin neurons in the ventral tegmental area project to the medial nucleus accumbens

EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF MONOAMINE-CONTAINING NEURONS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. I. DEMONSTRATION OF MONOAMINES IN THE CELL BODIES OF BRAIN STEM NEURONS.

A Dahlstroem, Kjell Fuxé · PubMed · 1964 · 5.1K citations

Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy, Cellular Neuroscience +9

The projections of the ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions: A combined fluorescent retrograde tracer and immunofluorescence study in the rat

Larry W. Swanson · Brain Research Bulletin · 1982 · 1.7K citations

Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy, Adjacent Regions +10

Efferent connections of the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area in the rat

Robert M. Beckstead, Valerie B. Domesick, Walle J. H. Nauta · Brain Research · 1979 · 1.3K citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Efferent Connections, Neurophysiology +15

A subpopulation of mesencephalic dopamine neurons projecting to limbic areas contains a cholecystokinin-like peptide: Evidence from immunohistochemistry combined with retrograde tracing

T. Ho ̈kfelt, L.R. Skirboll, Jens F. Rehfeld et al. · Neuroscience · 1980 · 720 citations

Cholecystokinin-like Peptide, Mesencephalic Dopamine Neurons, Neuroanatomy +12

Neurotensin: Topographical distribution in rat brain by immunohistochemistry

Lothar Jennes, Walter E. Stumpf, Peter W. Kalivas · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1982 · 535 citations