nucleus accumbens

Midbrain striatum nucleus {nucleus accumbens} receives excitatory dopaminergic pathway from frontal lobes and ventral tegmentum and receives from basal and lateral amygdala. It sends to ventral pallidum. Nucleus accumbens mediates emotions and movements. Benzodiazepine anti-anxiety agent and antipsychotic agents block dopaminergic pathway activation. Regular drug use and other reward stimuli increase delta FosB transcription factor, which causes sensitization and degrades slowly, in nucleus accumbens.

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