Ventral pallidum

Ventral pallidum
Ventral pallidum
Identifiers
NeuroNames	1605
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1674
TA98	A14.1.09.438
TA2	5556
FMA	77613
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The ventral pallidum (VP) is a structure within the basal ganglia of the brain. It is an output nucleus whose fibres project to thalamic nuclei, such as the ventral anterior nucleus, the ventral lateral nucleus, and the medial dorsal nucleus. The VP is a core component of the reward system which forms part of the limbic loop of the basal ganglia,^[1] a pathway involved in the regulation of motivational salience, behavior, and emotions. It is involved in addiction.

The VP contains one of the brain's pleasure centers, which mediates the subjective perception of pleasure that results from "consuming" certain rewarding stimuli (e.g., palatable food).^[1]

^ ^a ^b Berridge KC, Kringelbach ML (May 2015). "Pleasure systems in the brain". Neuron. 86 (3): 646–664. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.02.018. PMC 4425246. PMID 25950633.

[Pleasure_system-1] Berridge KC, Kringelbach ML (May 2015). "Pleasure systems in the brain". Neuron. 86 (3): 646–664. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.02.018. PMC 4425246. PMID 25950633.

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