alcohol interacts_with ventral tegmental area
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All addictive drugs have been shown to directly or indirectly active dopaminergic neurons originating in the VTA
confidence: 0.80
The neural correlates of the unified percept of alcohol-related craving: a fMRI and EEG study.
(2018)
PMID:29343732
cited
Alcohol consumption is guided by the mesolimbic pathway involving mainly the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA)...
confidence: 0.95
The genetic basis of alcoholism: multiple phenotypes, many genes, complex networks.
(2012)
PMID:22348705
cited
Positive reinforcing effects of alcohol are mediated through a pathway that extends from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens.
confidence: 0.85