Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Crosswords: ACCUMBENS |
| Specialty definitions using "ACCUMBENS": dopamine theory ♦ Ventral Tegmental Area. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Schematic representation of the possible influence of b-endorphin (b-EP) on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Credit: NIAA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Nerve cells originating in the VTA extend to the region of the brain known as the nucleus accumbens, one of the brain's key pleasure centers. (references) | |
In studies using animals, for example, all types of pleasurable stimuli, such as food, water, sex, and many drugs of abuse, cause increased activity in the nucleus accumbens. (references) | ||
Researchers have discovered that, when a pleasurable event is occurring, it is accompanied by a large increase in the amounts of dopamine released in the nucleus accumbens by neurons originating in the VTA. In the normal communication process, dopamine is released by a neuron into the synapse (the small gap between two neurons), where it binds with specialized proteins (called dopamine receptors) on the neighboring neuron, thereby sending a signal to that neuron. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "ACCUMBENS": Nucleus Accumbens. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nucleus accumbens | 13 |
accumbens function nucleus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ACCUMBENS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens), noyau accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | accumbensay nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) nucleus accumbens (nucleus accumbens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nucleus accumbens. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-m-n-s-u" | |
-2 letters: acumens, sunbeam. | |
-3 letters: accuse, acumen, busman, busmen, cabmen, caecum, meccas, muscae, uncase, unseam, usance. | |
-4 letters: abuse, acmes, acnes, amens, amuse, banes, beams, beans, beaus, bemas, cames, canes, cause, cecum, cubes, cusec, mabes, maces, manes, manse, manus, means, mecca, mensa, menus, musca, nabes, names, nemas, neums, numbs, sauce, scena, scuba, sebum, sumac, usnea. | |
-5 letters: aces. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-e-m-n-s-u" | |
+3 letters: encumbrances. | |
+4 letters: encumbrancers. | |
+5 letters: submetacentric. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Images: Photo Album 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.