The mesolimbic pathway, sometimes referred to as the reward pathway, is a dopaminergic pathway in the brain. The pathway connects the ventral tegmental...

pathway, the mesocortical pathway, the nigrostriatal pathway, and the tuberoinfundibular pathway. The mesolimbic pathway and the mesocortical pathway...

mesolimbic pathway. Activation of the PVN→VTA projection by oxytocin affects sexual, social, and addictive behavior via this link to the mesolimbic pathway;...

response. Other major dopamine pathways include: mesolimbic pathway nigrostriatal pathway tuberoinfundibular pathway Dopamine Schizophrenia Malenka EJ...

dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) that forms the mesolimbic dopamine pathway. The SNc is easily visualized in human brain sections because...

Other major dopamine pathways include: Mesocortical pathway Mesolimbic pathway Nigrostriatal pathway Antipsychotic Dopamine Malenka RC, Nestler EJ, Hyman...

via the activation of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system. The mesolimbic pathway connects the VTA to the nucleus accumbens. The nucleus accumbens is...

main component of the basal ganglia. The dopaminergic neurons of the mesolimbic pathway project onto the GABAergic medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens...

area (VTA; or simply ventral tegmentum) which is at the hub of the mesolimbic pathway. Specifically, the VTA is the origin of dopaminergic cell bodies from...

that stimulants induce changes in gene expression in the main parts of mesolimbic circuitry (including the ventral tegmental area, ventral striatum/nucleus...

functioning, via the mesolimbic pathway from the VTA to the nucleus accumbens that uses the neurotransmitter dopamine, and the mesocortical pathway. A number of...

rectifying K+ channels Brain medulla: Decreased levels of nitric oxide Mesolimbic pathway: Increased levels of dopamine and endogenous opioids, secondary to...

throughout the entire dopamine pathway system. It's not possible to affect D2 receptors only in the mesolimbic pathway, but 5-HT2A receptor antagonism...

the mesolimbic dopamine pathway is central to circuits mediating reward. First, there is a marked increase in dopamine release from the mesolimbic pathway...

accumbens, through the mesolimbic pathway. Virtually all drugs causing drug addiction increase the DA release in the mesolimbic pathway. The nucleus accumbens...

medical model partly attributes addiction to changes in the brain's mesolimbic pathway. The model also considers these diseases as a result of other biological...

been found to be involved in responding to cues related to the reward pathway, enhancing signal detection and sensory attention, regulating homeostasis...

substantial pathway from the subpallidal area to the VTA. When this pathway is disinhibited, an increase in the dopamine release in the mesolimbic pathway amplifies...

growth of their reward center, also known as the Mesolimbic pathway. The development of the Mesolimbic pathway allows children to be easily satisfied by small...

Mesocortical pathway Mesolimbic pathway Nigrostriatal pathway Tuberoinfundibular pathway Serotonergic pathways Raphe Nuclei Norepinephrine Pathways Locus coeruleus...

smokers and non-smokers are roughly similar. Nicotine activates the mesolimbic pathway and induces long-term ΔFosB expression (i.e., produces phosphorylated...

had greater neurological activity linking the auditory cortex and mesolimbic pathway of the brain. This suggests that specific musical anhedonia exists...

disorder. Some researchers have suggested that dopamine systems in the mesolimbic pathway may contribute to the 'positive symptoms' of schizophrenia, whereas...

cascades through a MAPK/ERK pathway and CAMK-mediated pathway. These modifications to CREB function in the mesolimbic pathway induce expression (i.e., increase...

mesocortical pathway and another smaller group projects to the nucleus accumbens via the mesolimbic pathway. Together, these two pathways are collectively...

suffering from dementia). Pathogenic overactivity of the dopaminergic mesolimbic pathway in the brain—forming either psychiatrically, during mania, or pharmacologically...

it must activate the brain's reward circuitry, particularly the mesolimbic pathway. Neuroimaging studies of preclinical and human subjects have demonstrated...

Its primary input is to the basal ganglia system. Additionally, the mesolimbic pathway projects from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens...

psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University. Witten studies the mesolimbic pathway, with a focus on the striatal neural circuit mechanisms driving reward...

sublimated and then the vapours can be inhaled. Cocaine stimulates the mesolimbic pathway in the brain. Mental effects may include an intense feeling of happiness...