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Stress & Anti-Reward Circuit
Stress & Anti-Reward Circuit-1 Extended amygdala mediates the “dark side” of addiction: During chronic use and withdrawal, this region (including...
Reward Circuit-2
The dopamine system normally signals when life exceeds expectation — guiding learning and motivation. Drugs override this calibration, producing...
Reward Circuit-1
VTA → Nucleus Accumbens → Dopamine: Core mesolimbic pathway linking midbrain to reward center.(Morales & Margolis, 2017; Lüscher & Malenka,...
Dysregulation & Recovery
Addiction arises when the brain’s reward, stress, and control systems fall out of balance. Reward circuits that once reinforced healthy motivation...
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