Nucleus Accumbens and Its Role in Reward and Emotional Circuitry: A Potential Hot Mess in Substance Use and Emotional Disorders
Nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a key region in the brain that is integral to both the reward and the emotional systems. The aim of the current paper is to synthesize the basic and the clinical neuroscience discoveries relevant to the NAc for the purpose of two-way translation. Selected literature on the...
Main Authors: | Mani Pavuluri, Kelley Volpe, Alexander Yuen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2017-04-01
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Series: | AIMS Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://www.aimspress.com/neuroscience/article/1379/fulltext.html |
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