“…tegmental area (VTA; A10), and a third smaller cluster, found in the retrorubral area (A8; Bjorklund, & Dunnett, 2007;Fu et al, 2012;Nestler, Hyman, & Malenka, 2009;Zaborszky, & Vadasz, 2001). Despite resembling each other in many respects, dopamine neurons of the SNc and VTA mediate distinct neurological functions and exhibit dissimilar responses to toxins and addictive agents (Choi et al, 2015;Macdonald & Monchi, 2011;Teo, van Wyk, Lin, & Lipski, 2004). Since the discovery of dopamine as a neurotransmitter (Carlsson, Falck, & Hillarp, 1962) and the observation that it is depleted significantly in the SNc of patients with Parkinson's disease (Benazzouz et al, 2014;Hornykiewicz, & Kish, 1987;Tremblay et al, 2015), the regionally selective vulnerability of dopamine neurons has been the focus of a large number of studies (Bernheimer et al, 1973;Braak & Braak, 1986;Braak et al, 2003;Burns et al, 1983;Damier, Hirsch, Agid, & Graybiel, 1999;Double, Reyes, Werry, & Halliday, 2010;Fearnley & Lees, 1991;German, Manaye, Sonsalla, & Brooks, 1992;Gibb & Lees, 1991;Greenfield & Bosanquet, 1953;Halliday & Tork, 1986;Hirsch, Graybiel, & Agid, 1989;Poulin et al, 2014).…”