Memory enables animals to adapt behavior based on past experiences, enhancing survival by avoiding danger or exploiting resources. In associative learning, the amygdala integrates sensory inputs and assigns emotional valence, while recent studies implicate dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in both appetitive and aversive learning. However, the specific contribution of the VTA-to-basolateral amygdala (BLA) projection to the acquisition and extinction of associative memories remains unclear. This study aimed to assess how increased dopamine release from the VTA to the BLA affects associative learning of opposite valences. A custom-built behavioral chamber enabled appetitive and aversive differential conditioning: in the appetitive task, a CS+ predicted water reward; in the aversive task, a CS+ predicted footshock. To selectively enhance dopamine signaling in the VTA-BLA pathway, we used transgenic mice allowing targeted deletion of D2 autoreceptors via retrograde AAV injection into the BLA. Preliminary results suggest increased dopaminergic tone in this pathway alters learning in appetitive conditioning and affects extinction in aversive learning. Additional behavioral assays, including object and social recognition tasks, controlled for general changes in memory function. Histological verification and dopamine level measurements are ongoing. These findings offer initial insight into how VTA-BLA dopaminergic modulation influences associative memory.