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==== The Amygdala ==== === The Functions Of Neurotransmitters === ==== Dopamine ==== ==== Glutamate ==== ==== Gamma-Amino-Butyric-Acid (GABA) ==== ==== Endorphins ==== == The Reward System == == Drugs Abusing The Reward System, By Influencing The Dopamine Pathway == === Cocaine === === Heroin === === Cannabis === == Treatment Of The Addicted Brain == == Conclusion == == References == === Additional Material === |
Neurophysiological Background Of Addiction
Introduction
The Brain And How It Communicates
Participating Structures Of The Central Nervous System
The Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)
The Nucleus Accumbens (NAcc)
The Prefrontal Cortex
The Hippocampus
The Amygdala
The Functions Of Neurotransmitters
Dopamine
Glutamate
Gamma-Amino-Butyric-Acid (GABA)
Endorphins
The Reward System
Drugs Abusing The Reward System, By Influencing The Dopamine Pathway
Cocaine
Heroin
Cannabis
Treatment Of The Addicted Brain
Conclusion
References