OPC-14597 induces c-fos protein in nucleus accumbens but not in striatum (Semba et al. 1996). The goal of the present study was to describe the molecular pharmacology of OPC-14597, its predecessor ...

Love happens in the brain, where hormonal releases and brain chemicals like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin are released.

Once consumed, the drug delivers a powerful stimulus to the nucleus accumbens, a cluster of nerve cells below the cerebral cortex, which responds quickly by releasing a flood of dopamine.

That's because part of your brain called the nucleus accumbens is rewarding you by releasing chemicals which make you feel good. It's part of something called the reward pathway. Dr Dan Campbell ...

Some populations behave really differently: classically, dopamine incentivizes and makes animals work harder for reward…but other people have shown that some dopamine neurons that project to a ...

Their most recent study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that ABHD6 plays a key role in two areas of the brain—the nucleus accumbens and the ventral tegmental area—both critical ...

Scientists have found that every time you get a notification, a "like," or even watch a video you enjoy, your brain's reward system (the nucleus accumbens) gets activated. This is the same system ...