Study finds hub linking movement and motivation in the brain September 19, 2019 … them with context, and to the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a region that mediates goal-directed behaviors via the … between regions such as the hippocampus and the VTA. “The discovery that activity in the LS is controlled by …
How the brain selectively remembers new places December 25, 2017 … (LC) and a region called the ventral tegmental area (VTA), which is a key part of the brain’s reward circuitry. …