Scientists identify brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 13:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Neuroscientists have discovered a brain circuit that responds to rewarding events. Scientists have long believed that the central amygdala, a structure located deep within the brain, is linked with fear and responses to unpleasant events, but the new study finds that most of the neurons here are involved in the reward circuit.

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