Neuroanatomy of substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area dopaminergic, and dorsal raphe serotonergic circuits in the human brain using T1-weighted and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: A morphometric pilot study with estimate of reliability
Poliana Hartung Toppa, Jarrett Rushmore, Kayley Haggerty, George M. Papadimitriou, Darin Dean Dougherty, Marek R. Kubicki, José Luis González–Mora, Stefano Pallanti, Agustín Castañeyra-Perdomo, Edward H. Yeterian, Nikos Makris
The paper presents a morphometric analysis of dopaminergic and serotonergic circuits in the human brain using MRI data from the Human Connectome Project, identifying key structural connections and their reliability.
bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience