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"NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS" is a common misspelling or typo for: nucleus . |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Collection of pleomorphic cells in the caudal part of the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle, in the region of the olfactory tubercle, lying between the head of the caudate nucleus and the anterior perforated substance. It is part of the so-called ventral striatum, a composite structure considered part of the basal ganglia. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS |
| Specialty definitions using "NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS": dopamine theory ♦ Ventral Tegmental Area. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (accumbens, nucleus accumbens), Portuguese (nucleus accumbens). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Schematic representation of the possible influence of b-endorphin (b-EP) on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). Credit: NIAA. |
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| 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) | ||
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nucleus accumbens | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nucleus accumbens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Nucleus accumbens, noyau accumbens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nucleus accumbens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nucleus accumbens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ucleusnay accumbensay nucleus accumbens. (various references) nucleus accumbens. (various references) nucleus accumbens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nucleus accumbens. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-c-e-e-l-m-n-n-s-s-u-u-u" | |
-5 letters: succulences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 55 43 4C 45 55 53 41 43 43 55 4D 42 45 4E 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01010101 01000011 01001100 01000101 01010101 01010011 00100000 01000001 01000011 01000011 01010101 01001101 01000010 01000101 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N U C L E U S   A C C U M B E N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0055 0043 004C 0045 0055 0053 0041 0043 0043 0055 004D 0042 0045 004E 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)485537463955532353737554736394853 |
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