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To stimulate release of dopamine, the researchers used an electrode placed in the ventral tegmental area, which is in the central brain. Dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmental area modulate male sexual behavior. Input from the reticular activating system originates in the raphe nuclei and nucleus locus coeruleus of the brain stem, the nucleus basalis, the ventral tegmental area, and the intralaminar thalamic nuclei. |
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