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  • adjective anatomy Relating to the middle part of the limbic system

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  • These experiences create addiction by working on the part of the brain known as the mesolimbic reward system—just as illegal experiences such as heroin and cocaine work on the drug addict.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • These experiences create addiction by working on the part of the brain known as the mesolimbic reward system—just as illegal experiences such as heroin and cocaine work on the drug addict.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • These experiences create addiction by working on the part of the brain known as the mesolimbic reward system—just as illegal experiences such as heroin and cocaine work on the drug addict.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • DREN (Drenbuterol) belongs to a powerful new class of compounds called mesolimbic beta agonists, which have extremely powerfule fat burning and euphoric activities.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010

  • DREN (Drenbuterol) belongs to a powerful new class of compounds called mesolimbic beta agonists, which have extremely powerfule fat burning and euphoric activities.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • DREN (Drenbuterol) belongs to a powerful new class of compounds called mesolimbic beta agonists, which have extremely powerfule fat burning and euphoric activities.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Dren (Drenbuterol) belongs to a powerful new class of compounds called mesolimbic beta agonists, which have extremely powerful fat burning and euphoric activities.

    Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010

  • Brain scans also showed that the subjects who had pulled all-nighters had heightened activity in the mesolimbic pathway, a brain circuit driven by dopamine, a neurotransmitter that typically regulates feelings of pleasure, addiction and cravings.

    The Sleepless Elite Melinda Beck 2011

  • Therefore, the mesolimbic/striatal dopamine pathways evolved a solution.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Angry Professor 2007

  • Dopamine activation in the striatal and mesolimbic pathways is the thickening agent for my theory here.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Angry Professor 2007

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