nucleus accumbens

collocation in English

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nucleus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnjuː.kli.əs/us
/ˈnuː.kli.əs/
physicsspecialized
the central part of an atom, usually made up of protons ...
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The article describes how dopamine innervation of thenucleusaccumbensallows organisms to recognize and remember the incentive salience of stimuli.
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Persistent structural modifications innucleusaccumbensand prefrontal cortex neurons produced by previous experience with amphetamine.
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Rhythmic delta-frequency activities in thenucleusaccumbensof anesthetized and freely moving rats.
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The reward model involves thenucleusaccumbens, whereas the aversion model does not, at least not directly.
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This self-stimulation depends on dopamine release in thenucleusaccumbens.
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Anticipation of increasing monetary reward selectively recruitsnucleusaccumbens.
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It is present in brain stem nuclei,nucleusaccumbens, amygdala, hypothalamus, and cerebral cortex.
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The dopaminergic neurons in turn project to thenucleusaccumbens, where they facilitate approach responses directed toward the rewarding input.
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Atypical, but not typical, antipsychotic drugs increase cortical acetylcholine release without an effect in thenucleusaccumbensor striatum.
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Rather, destruction of thenucleusaccumbensdoes not decrease consummatory behaviors, but instead decreases exploratory activity antecedent to consumption.
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Therefore, our laboratory studied dopamine and glutamate release in the medial prefrontal cortex andnucleusaccumbensof rats by microdialysis and capillary electrophoresis.
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Topography of serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus that send axon collaterals to the rat prefrontal cortex andnucleusaccumbens.
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For the male, there are no substantial areas of increased metabolism, and thenucleusaccumbenscontinues to show decreased activity as was true prenatally.
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Conditioned appetitive stimulus increases extracellular dopamine in thenucleusaccumbensof the rat.
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Motivational views of reinforcement : implications for understanding the behavioral functions ofnucleusaccumbensdopamine.
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Amygdala andnucleusaccumbensin responses to receipt and omission of gains in adults and adolescents.
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Ascending serotonergic fibres congregate in the medial forebrain bundle before diverging to innervate diverse forebrain targets, including cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, striatum, amygdala andnucleusaccumbens.
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