Schematic illustration of the human midbrain displaying VTA nuclei. The localizations of the nuclei are approximately displayed by using the Atlas of the Human Brainstem by Paxinos and Huang as reference. Aq: aquaduct; IF: nucleus interfascicularis; LC: nucleus linearis caudalis/centralis; LR: nucleus linearis rostralis; PAG: periaquductal gray; PN: nucleus paranigralis; PBP: nucleus parabrachialis pigmentosus; RN: red nucleus; SN: substantia nigra. Illustration design: Esat Ad›güzel; digitalization: C. Gökçen Köseli. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at www.anatomy.org.tr]

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... Nissl stained sections, neurons of VTA were distinguishable from the red nucleus dorsally, and separated from the interpeduncular nucleus ventrally. [25,26] However, this adjacency of these structures shows differences in the sections of midbrain from caudal to rostral (Figure 1). In terms of ease of understanding, the local- ization of these structures were discussed by using the Atlas of the Human Brainstem by Paxinos and Huang that takes obex as a reference point. ...

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... respectively. LR and PBP continue from obex up to 47 mm rostral [27] (Figure 1). IF is located in the midline, LR and LC are in the paramedian zone, and others (PN, PBP) are located more laterally in humans. ...