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

  * *Top-down path to region*: Forebrain Telencephalon -> [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia] (FEC.FT.BG) -> Globus Pallidus (FEC.FT.GP) -> Ventral Pallidum (FEC.FT.VP) -> [BrainRegionFEC_FT_VP_DL Ventral Pallidum Dorsolateral] (FEC.FT.VP.DL) (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*: motivational loop, NAcc-core
  * *Notes to function*: 
   * projects to STN, MD
   *  circuit - VP-DL-rostral, DLPFC, NAcc-core-rostral, MD-rostral-lateral
   *  circuit - VP-DL-caudal, DINS, NAcc-core-caudal, MD-caudal-medial
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= Components =
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= Connectivity =
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http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/FEC.FT.VP.DL.dot.png

*Inbound Region Connections:*

|| *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaFEC FEC] || [BrainRegionFEC_FT_ACC_CORE FEC.FT.ACC.CORE] || Nucleus Accumbens Core || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain ||[http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html Craving (NACC -> VPAL, abstract)] ||

*Outbound Region Connections:*

|| *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaFEC FEC] || [BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNR_MED FEC.FT.SNR.MED] || Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Medial || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || [http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html Craving (VPAL -> SNr, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainAreaNMA NMA] || [BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL NMA.FD.TH.MDL] || Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus || inhibitory-gaba || uncertain || [http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/box/nrn1345_BX1.html Saccadic Vision (BG -> Thalamus, abstract)] ||

= Thirdparty Circuits =
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  * [http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/images/nrn1345-i1.jpg Saccadic Vision] - see [http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/box/nrn1345_BX1.html Reference] (CP.SACCADIC-VISION)

 BG=[BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia,FEC.FT.BG]
 CN=Caudate Nucleus,FEC.FT.CN (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 CR=Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR (see [BrainCenterLLC_HT_CRC Cerebellar Complex])
 FrontalCortex=Anterior Lobe,NC.LOBE.ANT
 GPe=Globus Pallidus External,FEC.FT.GPE (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 LGN=[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN]
 LIP=[BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPS_LIP Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus,NPE.NC.IPS.LIP]
 RF=[BrainCenterHT_RF Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.RF]
 Retina=[BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT]
 SCi=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon])
 SCs=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon])
 SNpr=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNR_DL Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Dorsolateral,FEC.FT.SNR.DL]
 STN=Subthalamic Nucleus,FEC.FD.STN (see [BrainCenterFEC_FD_STA Subthalamus Area])
 Thalamus=Thalamus,FD.TH
 VisualCortex=[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC]
<img src="http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/images/nrn1345-i1.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">

  * [http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/images/8-Urges9proof.jpg Craving] - see [http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html Reference] (CF.CRAVING)

 NACC=Accumbens Nucleus,FEC.FT.ACC (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 OMPFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex])
 SNr=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNR_MED Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Medial,FEC.FT.SNR.MED]
 VPAL=Ventral Pallidum,FEC.FT.VP (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 VTA=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_VTA Ventral Tegmental Area,LMC.MM.VTA]
<img src="http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/images/8-Urges9proof.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">


= References =
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  * http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/box/nrn1345_BX1.html
  * http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html