| List of regions that receive connections from:
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) |
|
| Retrohippocampal region (RHP) |
| Entorhinal area (ENT) |
| Entorhinal area, lateral part (ENTl) |
| Hippocampal region (HIP) |
| Secondary motor area (MOs) |
| Visual areas (VIS) |
| Anterior cingulate area (ACA) |
| Anterior cingulate area dorsal part (ACAd) |
| Infralimbic area (ILA) |
| Orbital area ventrolateral part (ORBvl) |
| Prelimbic area (PL) |
| Retrosplenial area lateral agranular part (RSPagl) |
| Lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA) |
| Posterior nucleus of the amygdala (PA) |
| Caudoputamen (CP) |
| Nucleus accumbens (ACB) |
| Olfactory tubercle (OT) |
| Islands of Calleja (isl) |
| Fundus of the striatum (FS) |
| Septofimbrial nucleus (SF) |
| Lateral septal nucleus (LS) |
| Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part (LSr) |
| Lateral septal nucleus caudal (caudodorsal) part (LSc) |
| Medial nucleus of the amygdala (MEA) |
| Central nucleus of amygdala (CEA) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis (BST) |
| Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis, anterior division, subcommisural zone (BSTsc) |
| Nucleus of the diagonal band (NDB) |
| Substantia innominata (SI) |
| Mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (MD) |
| Nucleus reuniens (RE) |
| Central medial nucleus of the thalamus (CM) |
| Ventral medial nucleus of the thalamus (VM) |
| Lateral habenula (LH) |
| Zona incerta (ZI) |
| Subthalamic nucleus (STN) |
| Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) |
| Lateral preoptic area (LPO) |
| Posterior hypothalamic nucleus (PH) |
| Anterior hypothalamic area (AHA) |
| Medial preoptic area (MPO) |
| Parastrial nucleus (PS) |
| Anteroventral preoptic nucleus (AVP) |
| Medial preoptic nucleus (MPN) |
| Medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic tract (MT) |
| Parabrachial nucleus (PB) |
| Dorsal nucleus raphe (DR) |
| Superior central nucleus raphe (CS) |
| Central linear nucleus raphe (CLI) |
| Locus coeruleus (LC) |
| Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDT) |
| Ventral tegmental nucleus (VTN) |
| Dorsal tegmental nucleus (DTN) |
| Precommissural nucleus (PRC) |
| Ventral tegmental area (VTA) |
| Substantia nigra (SN) |
