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. 2006 Jul 26;26(30):7775-6.
doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2377-06.2006.

Personality predicts responsivity of the brain reward system

Jan B Engelmann  1
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Personality predicts responsivity of the brain reward system

Jan B Engelmann. J Neurosci. .
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Figure 1.
A highly simplified schematic diagram outlines the connections between central nodes in the brain reward system (modified from Berridge and Robinson, 2003). Animal as well as human neuroimaging studies have implicated this network in the hedonic and motivational effects of natural rewards and drugs of abuse, such as food and amphetamine. AMYG, Amygdala; NAC, nucleus accumbens; OFC, orbitofrontal cortex; VP, ventral pallidum; VTA/SN, ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra.
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