Motivating circuits - anatomy and neurochemistry

Abstract

Motivational circuits for take place in limbic systém and in connected nuclei: amygdala, ventral pallidum, ncl.accumbens, prefrontal cortex, ventral tegmentum, locus coeruleus. Formation of addictive behavior requires inherence of dopamine.

Keywords

• psychiatry
• anatomy
• limbic system
• addictive behavior
• dopamin