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On the other hand, my nucleus accumbens is twitching: I want that third season.
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On the other hand, my nucleus accumbens is twitching: I want that third season.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007
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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.”
Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007
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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.”
Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007
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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.
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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.
Voodoo Extreme 2010
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