This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Activation of neurons within the ________ during repeated drug injection appears to play a key role ... (Read 61 times)

shenderson6

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 573
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

Question 2

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



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

duy1981999

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 341
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. dorsal striatum

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a: dorsal striatum




shenderson6

  • Member
  • Posts: 573
Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Gracias!


Zebsrer

  • Member
  • Posts: 284
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

Did you know?

About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.

Did you know?

Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.

Did you know?

Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.

Did you know?

The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.

Did you know?

Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library