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   What role does the nucleus accumbens play in addiction?

   • As a whole, the nucleus accumbens has a significant role in the cognitive processing of motivation, aversion, reward (i.e., incentive salience, pleasure, and positive reinforcement ), and reinforcement learning (e.g., Pavlovian-instrumental transfer ); hence, it has a significant role in addiction.

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   What is a dysregulation of the nucleus accumbens?

   • Dysregulation of this area is often implicated in addiction, depression, and other psychiatric disorders. The nucleus accumbens (NAcc) is located in the basal forebrain and is a major structure of the ventral striatum, an area of the brain associated with the limbic system, and regulates limbic functions of motivation, affect, and reward.

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   What is the nucleus accumbens core?

   • The nucleus accumbens core ( NAcc core) is the inner substructure of the nucleus accumbens. Location: The nucleus accumbens core is part of the ventral striatum, located within the basal ganglia. Cell types: The core of the NAcc is made up mainly of medium spiny neurons containing mainly D1-type or D2-type dopamine receptors.

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   What does the nucleus accumbens do?

   • The nucleus accumbens, being one part of the reward system, plays an important role in processing rewarding stimuli, reinforcing stimuli (e.g., food and water), and those which are both rewarding and reinforcing (addictive drugs, sex, and exercise).

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   The nucleus accumbens (NAc or NAcc; also known as the accumbens nucleus, or formerly as the nucleus accumbens septi, Latin for 'nucleus adjacent to the septum') is a region in the basal forebrain rostral to the preoptic area of the hypothalamus.

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   Oct 30, 2023 · Learn about the nucleus accumbens, a part of the ventral striatum that connects the limbic and motor systems. Find out its location, structure, connectivity and role in reward, motivation, addiction and psychiatric disorders.

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   Sep 21, 2023 · Learn about the nucleus accumbens, a brain region involved in reward, motivation, and emotion. Find out its location, role in the reward circuit, and associated conditions.

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   Jan 1, 2022 · Nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a brain area involved in reward, motivation, and learning. It receives and projects dopamine from ventral tegmental area and is implicated in various psychiatric and neurological disorders.

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   Oct 18, 2019 · The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a subcortical brain structure known primarily for its roles in pleasure, reward, and addiction. Despite less focus on the NAc in pain research, it also plays a large role in the mediation of pain and is effective as a source of analgesia.

   • Author: Haley N Harris, Yuan B Peng
   • DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.266909

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   • Publication: Neural Regen Res. 2020 Apr; 15(4): 597-605.

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   Here, we review the existing literature regarding several areas critical to the development of new therapies, including the known pharmacology, physiology, and connectivity of the NAc, as well as evidence supporting the potential for various NAc surgical therapies in animal models.

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    The Nucleus Accumbens: An Interface Between Cognition, Emotion, and Action. Stan B. Floresco 1. View Affiliations. Vol. 66:25-52 (Volume publication date January 2015) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115159. First published as a Review in Advance on September 17, 2014. © Annual Reviews. info Info. list Sections. PDF. build Tools.