#summary Ventral Putamen
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This page covers biological details of component Ventral Putamen.
Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

  * *Top-down path to region*: Forebrain Telencephalon -> [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia] (FEC.FT.BG) -> Striatum (FEC.FT.ST) -> Ventral Striatum (FEC.FT.VST) -> [BrainRegionFEC_FT_PU_VT Ventral Putamen] (FEC.FT.PU.VT) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps])
  * *Type*: nucleus
  * *Quality*: L0
  * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaFEC Forebrain - Execution Control Area] (FEC)
  * *Area circuit*: Motor Motivational Salience (FECLM)
  * *Role*: basal.ganglia.pallidum
  * *Function*: Evaluation of flavors, taste, motivation loop
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= Components =
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= Connectivity =
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http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/FEC.FT.PU.VT.dot.png

*Inbound Region Connections:*

|| *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaFEC FEC] || [BrainRegionFEC_FD_STN_DL FEC.FD.STN.DL] || Subthalamic Nucleus Dorsolateral || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainAreaNDM NDM] || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG NDM.NC.AL.VACG] || Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (FrontalCortex -> BGA, abstract)] ||

*Outbound Region Connections:*

|| *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaFAM FAM] || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_EPF FAM.FT.EPF] || Endopiriform Nucleus || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || [http://jn.physiology.org/content/107/10/2633 Connectivity map of the habenula (CPu -> EP, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainAreaFEC FEC] || [BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNR_MED FEC.FT.SNR.MED] || Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Medial || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || (unknown reference) ||

= Thirdparty Circuits =
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  * [http://d2avczb82rh8fa.cloudfront.net/content/jn/107/10/2633/F1.large.jpg Connectivity map of the habenula] - see [http://jn.physiology.org/content/107/10/2633 Reference] (CF.HB-CONN)

 CPu=Striatum,FEC.FT.ST (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 EP=[BrainRegionFAM_FT_EPF Endopiriform Nucleus,FAM.FT.EPF]
 Hippo=Hippocampus,FMM.FT.HC (see [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation])
 IPN=[BrainRegionFEC_HT_TG_IPD Interpeduncular Nucleus,FEC.HT.TG.IPD]
 L=Lateral Habenula,FAM.FD.LHB (see [BrainCenterFAM_FD_HB Habenula])
 LH=[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_LTN Lateral Hypothalamic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.LTN]
 M=[BrainRegionFAM_FD_MHB Medial Habenula,FAM.FD.MHB]
 NAc=Accumbens Nucleus,FEC.FT.ACC (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 PAG=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]
 Raphe=Raphe Nuclei of Medulla,LMC.HL.RP (see [BrainCenterHL_RF Medullary Reticular Formation])
 SNc=Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta,FEC.FT.SNC (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 Septum=[BrainCenterFAM_FT_SEP Septal Nuclei,FAM.FT.SEP]
 VTA=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_VTA Ventral Tegmental Area,LMC.MM.VTA]
<img src="http://d2avczb82rh8fa.cloudfront.net/content/jn/107/10/2633/F1.large.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">


= References =
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  * http://jn.physiology.org/content/107/10/2633