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Midbrain dopamine neurons reflect affiliation phenotypes in finches and are tightly coupled to courtship.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 May 2009

Goodson James L, Kabelik David, Kelly Aubrey M, Rinaldi Jacob, Klatt James D

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Mesolimbic dopamine (DA) circuits mediate a wide range of goal-oriented behavioral processes, and DA strongly influences appetitive and consummatory aspects of male sexual behavior. In both birds and mammals, mesolimbic projections arise primarily from the ventral tegmental area (VTA), with a smaller contribution from the midbrain central gray (CG). Despite the well known importance of the VTA cell group for...

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PMID: 19439662
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811821106
PMCID: PMC2681315

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