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REWARD PATHWAY

Sheila Azelya Fernanda


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NEUROTRANSMITTER

• Dopamine  active during emotional responses, addictive behaviors, and


pleasurable experiences.

• Serotonin  neurotransmitter that mediated satisfaction, happiness and optimism


REWARD PATHWAY

• The mesolimbic pathway, sometimes referred to as the reward pathway, is


a dopaminergic pathway in the brain.

• The mesolimbic pathway is a collection of dopaminergic (i.e., dopamine-releasing)


neurons that project from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the ventral striatum,
which includes the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and olfactory tubercle.
HEDONIC HOTSPOTS

• Distribusi Reward Pathway melalui


mekanisme hedonic yang ditemukan di
deep in the brain (nucleus accumbens,
ventral pallidum, brainstem) dan di
cortex (orbitofrontal, cingulate, medial
prefrontal, and insular cortices).
TOLERANCE AND WITHDRAWAL

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