Mesolimbic pathway
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title:
Mesolimbic pathway
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The mesolimbic pathway, sometimes referred to as the reward pathway, is a dopaminergic pathway in the brain. The pathway connects the ventral tegmental area in the midbrain to the ventral striatum of the basal ganglia in the forebrain. The ventral striatum includes the nucleus accumbens and the olfactory tubercle. The release of dopamine from the mesolimbic pathway into the nucleus accumbens regulates incentive salience and facilitates reinforcement and reward-related motor function learning; it
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Brain pathway
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolimbic_pathway
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2023-09-24T18:05:58Z
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