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It is known that the posterior ventral tegmental area (p-VTA) differs from the anterior VTA (a-VTA) in that rats learn to self-administer ethanol into the p-VTA,but not into the a-VTA.Because activation of VTA dopaminergic neurons by ethanol is a cellular mechanism underlying the reinforcement of ethanol consumption,we hypothesized that ethanol may exert different effects on dopaminergic neurons in the p-VTA and a-VTA.