Open AccessFrequency-dependent electrical stimulation of fimbria-fornix preferentially affects the mesolimbic dopamine system or prefrontal cortex
Author(s) -
Cornelia Helbing,
Frank Angenstein
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
brain stimulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.685
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1935-861X
pISSN - 1876-4754
DOI - 10.1016/j.brs.2020.02.026
Subject(s) - prefrontal cortex , neuroscience , dopamine , stimulation , fornix , fimbria , psychology , medicine , chemistry , hippocampus , cognition , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
The fimbria/fornix fiber system is an essential part of the hippocampal-VTA loop, and therefore activities that are propagated through this fiber system control the activity of the mesolimbic dopamine system.
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