Accumbens

Word ACCUMBENS
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On the other hand, my nucleus accumbens is twitching: I want that third season. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And indeed, it's this part of the brain, the core of the nucleus accumbens, that is becoming active as you're measuring your gains and losses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What happens is these substances cause an upsurge of neurochemicals in a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens, which is sometimes referred to as the “pleasure center.” ❋ M.D. Laurence M. Westreich (2007)

Following discussions with Greengard, Kaplitt further studied p11's role in mice by disabling the protein's ability to function properly in a specific part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens, which is known to be involved in both addiction and depression. ❋ Unknown (2010)

MRI scans showed participants with a larger nucleus accumbens, which is part of the brain's reward centre, outperformed others in the first few hours, perhaps due to the "sense of achievement and the emotional reward" accompanying achievement in the earliest stages of learning, the team speculated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"What we found is that normal controls are able to do this and show activation in areas of brain that we know are important for positive emotion, especially the nucleus accumbens, which is critical for reward and positive emotion," Davidson said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And there's a part of the brain that experiences pleasure of a hedonistic kind, the nucleus accumbens, which is stimulated by sex, certain drugs and food. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Maze showed that even after a week of abstinence, mice given a new dose of cocaine still had elevated levels of gene activation in the nucleus accumbens, meaning G9a levels were still low. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not only was their IQ score lower than their earlier performance, but they also showed brain changes in areas associated with fear and working memory amygdala, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and nucleus accumbens suggesting that such lowered expectations brought about anxiety which prevented them from showing their true colors. ❋ Ph.D. Scott Barry Kaufman (2012)

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