Midbrain

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  • The auditory midbrain is adapted to this task by its anatomy of stacked neuronal layers.
  • Dopamine-mediated volume transmission in midbrain is regulated by distinct extracellular geometry and uptake.
  • Reward-related FMRI activation of dopaminergic midbrain is associated with enhanced hippocampus-dependent long-term memory formation.
  • The midbrain is located in the posterior cranial fossa.
  • The dorsal roof of the midbrain is referred to as the tegmentum (which produces dopamine) whereas more centrally located is the substantia nigra, a major source of corpus striatal dopamine.

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