Nucleus accumbens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The nucleus accumbens (NAcc), also known as the accumbens nucleus or as the nucleus accumbens septi (Latin for nucleus leaning against the septum), ...
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Ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens activation to smoking-related ...
Region of interest analyses were performed within the ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens (VS/NAc) for the contrast between smoking-related (SR) and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16023086...
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Pleasure center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The nucleus accumbens, part of the limbic system, plays a role in sexual arousal and the "high" derived from certain ...
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Hedonic hot spot in nucleus accumbens shell: where do mu-opioids ...
14 Dec 2005 ... Mu-opioid systems in the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens contribute to hedonic impact ("liking") for sweetness, food, and drug rewards ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16354936...
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Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates the formation ...
The involvement of dopamine within the nucleus accumbens in the formation and maintenance of pair bonds was assessed in a series of experiments using the ...
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v9/n1/abs/nn1613.html...
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Basal forebrain amnesia: does the nucleus accumbens contribute to ...
The lesion affected mainly the nucleus accumbens, but encroached on the inferior limb of the capsula interna and the most ventral portion of the nucleus ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1736481/...
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CREB modulates excitability of nucleus accumbens neurons - Nature ...
Drugs of abuse cause activation of the cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Expression of active CREB in rat ...
http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v9/n4/abs/nn1661.html...
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Nucleus accumbens shell and core dopamine: differe...[Behav Brain ...
ReviewDopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell connection. ... Role of nucleus accumbens shell/extended amygdala dopamine. Ann N Y Acad Sci. ...
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Neuron - Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Are Innately Tuned for ...
Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Are Innately Tuned for Rewarding and Aversive Taste Stimuli, Encode Their Predictors, and Are Linked to Motor Output ...
http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(05)00068-1...
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The effects of acute and repeated nicotine treatment on nucleus ...
Amphetamine and apomorphine responses in the rat following 6-OHDA lesions of the nucleus accumbens septi and corpus striatum. Brain Res. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1908718/...
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