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VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA

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50Incoming

0Experiments

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💡 Concept Info

Name	VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA
Key Genes/Proteins	BDNF, SIRT1, TH
Related Diseases	DOPAMINE, PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Wiki Pages (1)

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Canonical Page

Ventral Tegmental Area

brain · 1056 words

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA["VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA"]
    DOPAMINERGIC_NEURONS["DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS"] -->|"activates"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA
    AADC["AADC"] -->|"expressed in"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA
    SST["SST"] -->|"expressed in"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA
    AND["AND"] -->|"expressed in"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA
    NEURON["NEURON"] -->|"expressed in"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA
    TAAR1["TAAR1"] -->|"expressed in"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA
    PER["PER"] -->|"expressed in"| VENTRAL_TEGMENTAL_AREA

Outgoing (8)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
CURCUMIN	associated_with	drug	0.50
TH	associated_with	gene	0.50
INTERNEURONS	associated_with	cell_type	0.50
NEURONS	associated_with	cell_type	0.45
NEURON	associated_with	cell_type	0.45
SIRT1	associated_with	gene	0.45
DOPAMINE	associated_with	phenotype	0.45
PARKINSON'S DISEASE	associated_with	disease	0.45

Incoming (50)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
TH	expressed_in	protein	0.95
cell-types-ventral-tegmental-area	describes	wiki	0.90
DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS	activates	cell_type	0.65
SST	expressed_in	gene	0.60
AADC	expressed_in	gene	0.60
SIRT1	expressed_in	gene	0.60
NAMPT	expressed_in	gene	0.60
neuroinflammation	affects	disease	0.60
unfolded protein response	active_in	pathway	0.60
GABA	expressed_in	gene	0.60
AGING	expressed_in	gene	0.55
NAD	expressed_in	gene	0.55
INFLAMMATION	expressed_in	gene	0.55
STROKE	expressed_in	gene	0.55
CANCER	expressed_in	gene	0.55
GENES	expressed_in	gene	0.55
GRID1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
SLC17A7	expressed_in	gene	0.55
GRIN2B	expressed_in	gene	0.55
SIRT1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
NAMPT	expressed_in	gene	0.55
BDNF	expressed_in	gene	0.55
CRH	expressed_in	gene	0.55
HCN1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
HCN3	expressed_in	gene	0.55
Opioid	associated_with	disease	0.55
NEURON	expressed_in	gene	0.55
GABA	expressed_in	gene	0.55
AADC	expressed_in	gene	0.55
TAAR1	expressed_in	gene	0.55
PER	expressed_in	gene	0.55
Addiction	associated_with	disease	0.55
Cancer	associated_with	disease	0.50
Obesity	associated_with	disease	0.50
Aging	associated_with	disease	0.50
Diabetes	associated_with	disease	0.50
Stroke	associated_with	disease	0.50
Inflammation	associated_with	disease	0.50
Stem Cell	expressed_in	cell_type	0.50
Dopaminergic	expressed_in	cell_type	0.50
Microglia	expressed_in	cell_type	0.50
Schizophrenia	associated_with	disease	0.50
ALS	associated_with	disease	0.50
SUBSTANTIA NIGRA	activates	brain_region	0.50
SIRT1	implicated_in	gene	0.35
MICROGLIA	activates	cell_type	0.35
BDNF	activates	gene	0.35
NEURON	activates	cell_type	0.35
NEURON	expressed_in	cell_type	0.35
PREFRONTAL CORTEX	activates	brain_region	0.35

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