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VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA

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58Connections

0Hypotheses

0Analyses

8Outgoing

8Incoming

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💡 Concept Info

Name	VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA
Summary	Page for Ventral Tegmental Area
Key Genes/Proteins	TH, SIRT1, BDNF
Related Diseases	DOPAMINE, PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Wiki Pages (21)

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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
DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS	activates	cell_type	0.65
SUBSTANTIA NIGRA	activates	brain_region	0.50
PREFRONTAL CORTEX	activates	brain_region	0.35
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

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

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Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
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Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
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VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA

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Wiki Pages (21)