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shenderson6

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Activation of neurons within the ________ during repeated drug injection appears to play a key role in the compulsive nature of drug abuse.
 
  a. hippocampus
  b. nucleus accumbens
  c. amygdala
  d. dorsal striatum
  e. hypothalamus

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Volkow and colleagues, using an imaging technique, reported that release of dopamine in the ________ was increased by human exposure to drug-associated cues.
 
  a. dorsal striatum
  b. ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC)
  c. hypothalamus
  d. hippocampus
  e. amygdala


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duy1981999

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. dorsal striatum

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a: dorsal striatum


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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