Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the tegmentum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to tegmentum or the ventral portion of the mesencephalon

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Examples

  • The other region central to the "love response" is the ventral tegmental area, also a key component of the brain's reward circuitry and home to cells that manufacture dopamine, the neurotransmitter that enables obsessive focus, feelings of elation and even mania.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Biochemistry Of Love's Ecstasy And Agony M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

  • Having established our respect for the medial forebrain specifically its ventral tegmental area, Linden explains the exact pleasure processes involved in drugs, food, sex, gambling and generosity.

    Pleasure by David Linden - review 2011

  • The other region central to the "love response" is the ventral tegmental area, also a key component of the brain's reward circuitry and home to cells that manufacture dopamine, the neurotransmitter that enables obsessive focus, feelings of elation and even mania.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Biochemistry Of Love's Ecstasy And Agony M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

  • The other region central to the "love response" is the ventral tegmental area, also a key component of the brain's reward circuitry and home to cells that manufacture dopamine, the neurotransmitter that enables obsessive focus, feelings of elation and even mania.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Biochemistry Of Love's Ecstasy And Agony M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

  • The other region central to the "love response" is the ventral tegmental area, also a key component of the brain's reward circuitry and home to cells that manufacture dopamine, the neurotransmitter that enables obsessive focus, feelings of elation and even mania.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Biochemistry Of Love's Ecstasy And Agony M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

  • Both glucocorticoids and addictive drugs stimulate cells in a part of the brain called the ventral tegmental area (which sits atop the brainstem), to release the neurotransmitter dopamine.

    Thea Singer: Stress and Addiction -- How to Cope 2010

  • Both glucocorticoids and addictive drugs stimulate cells in a part of the brain called the ventral tegmental area (which sits atop the brainstem), to release the neurotransmitter dopamine.

    Thea Singer: Stress and Addiction -- How to Cope 2010

  • In the obese women, the images triggered a strong response in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a tiny spot in the midbrain where dopamine, the "desire chemical," is released.

    Eating to Live or Living to Eat? 2010

  • Both glucocorticoids and addictive drugs stimulate cells in a part of the brain called the ventral tegmental area (which sits atop the brainstem), to release the neurotransmitter dopamine.

    Thea Singer: Stress and Addiction -- How to Cope 2010

  • The ventral tegmental area is a clump of cells that make dopamine, a natural stimulant, and sends it out to many brain regions [when one is in love]. ...

    Therese Borchard: 12 Ways To Recover From An Emotional Affair 2009

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