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| Title |
Lateral Hypothalamic Control of the Ventral Tegmental Area: Reward Evaluation and the Driving of Motivated Behavior
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00050 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Susan M. Tyree, Luis de Lecea |
| Abstract |
The lateral hypothalamus (LH) plays an important role in many motivated behaviors, sleep-wake states, food intake, drug-seeking, energy balance, etc. It is also home to a heterogeneous population of neurons that express and co-express multiple neuropeptides including hypocretin (Hcrt), melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) and neurotensin (NT). These neurons project widely throughout the brain to areas such as the locus coeruleus, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, the amygdala and the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Lateral hypothalamic projections to the VTA are believed to be important for driving behavior due to the involvement of dopaminergic reward circuitry. The purpose of this article is to review current knowledge regarding the lateral hypothalamic connections to the VTA and the role they play in driving these behaviors. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 5 | 83% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 159 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 159 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 11% |
| Researcher | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 38 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 60 | 38% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 5% |
| Psychology | 8 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Unknown | 48 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2022.
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#14,023,720
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#678
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#11
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