It receives dopaminergic innervations from ventral tegment area and SNc, and noradrenergic and serotonergic innervations from the locus ceruleus (LC) and dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), respectively.

腹侧前额叶皮层主要接受来自腹侧被盖区（ventral tegmental area，VTA）和SNcDA神经纤维投射，以及来自蓝斑去甲肾上（noradrenaline，NA）和中缝背核5-HT神经纤维投射。