The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a ventral tegmental area (VTA) over time, from its formation to the mature structure. [ GOC:bf http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000094 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26548362 GOC:TermGenie GOC:PARL ]
Synonyms: a10a development ventral tegmentum development ventral tegmental area of tsai development ventral tegmental nucleus (tsai) development ventral tegmental nucleus of tsai development
Term information
ventral tegmental area (Tsai) development
area tegmentalis ventralis (Tsai) development
area tegmentalis ventralis development
ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum development
ventral brain stem development
ventral tegmental nucleus (Rioch) development
tegmentum ventrale development
Term relations
- anatomical structure development
- part of some midbrain development
- results in development of some ventral tegmental area