The dopamine motive system: implications for drug and food addiction
The dopamine motive system: implications for drug and food addiction
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The motivation to eat, like the motivation to take addictive drugs, activates the forebrain dopamine systems.
Excessive activation of this system strengthens the specific habits that precede the activation, sensitizing the animal's responsiveness to the specific conditions that elicit those habits.
At the same time, overactivati...
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The dopamine motive system: implications for drug and food addiction
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1471-003X
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1471-0048,1469-3178
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10.1038/nrn.2017.130
