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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017557
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017557
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| Preferred Name | Ventral Tegmental Area |
| Definitions |
A region in the MESENCEPHALON which is dorsomedial to the SUBSTANTIA NIGRA and ventral to the RED NUCLEUS. The mesocortical and mesolimbic dopaminergic systems originate here, including an important projection to the NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS. Overactivity of the cells in this area has been suspected to contribute to the positive symptoms of SCHIZOPHRENIA.
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| Synonyms |
Tegmentalis Ventralis, Area
Ventral Tegmental Area of Tsai
Tegmental Area, Ventral
Area Tegmentalis Ventralis
Tegmentalis Ventrali, Area
Area Tegmentalis Ventrali
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| definition | A region in the MESENCEPHALON which is dorsomedial to the SUBSTANTIA NIGRA and ventral to the RED NUCLEUS. The mesocortical and mesolimbic dopaminergic systems originate here, including an important projection to the NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS. Overactivity of the cells in this area has been suspected to contribute to the positive symptoms of SCHIZOPHRENIA. |
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| altLabel |
Tegmentalis Ventralis, Area
Ventral Tegmental Area of Tsai
Tegmental Area, Ventral
Area Tegmentalis Ventralis
Tegmentalis Ventrali, Area
Area Tegmentalis Ventrali
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| prefLabel | Ventral Tegmental Area
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| TH |
NLM (2015)
NLM (1994)
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| notation | D017557
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| DX | 19940101
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| Machine permutation | 94
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| MN | A08.186.211.132.659.413.875.820
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| MMR | 20150623
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| AQL | AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
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| HN | 94
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| DC | 1
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| MDA | 19921228
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| type | |
| tui | T023
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| cui | C0175405
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| TERMUI |
T052645
T856804
T856805
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