Tags: Anatomical Structure, Brain.
The ventral tegmentum (tegmentum is Latin for covering) better known as the ventral tegmental area of Tsai (VTA) is a group of neurons located close to the midline on the floor of the midbrain (mesencephalon). The VTA is the origin of the dopaminergic cell bodies of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system and is widely implicated in the drug and natural reward circuitry of the brain.
