• Brain stimulation reward (BSR) is a pleasurable phenomenon elicited via direct stimulation of specific brain regions, originally discovered by James Olds...
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    electrical stimulation to specific sites in their brains. This phenomenon is called intracranial self-stimulation or brain stimulation reward. Typically...
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    Electrical brain stimulation (EBS), also referred to as focal brain stimulation (FBS), is a form of electrotherapy and neurotherapy used as a technique...
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  • Brain stimulation may refer to: Brain Stimulation, a medical journal published by Elsevier Brain stimulation reward, a process of directly stimulating...
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  • forebrain bundle, which is a set of neural pathways that mediate brain stimulation reward. The VTA is located in the midbrain and consists of dopaminergic...
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    Wirehead (science fiction) (category Brain–computer interface)
    futuristic applications of brain stimulation reward, the act of directly triggering the brain's reward center by electrical stimulation of an inserted wire,...
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    Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a type of neurostimulation therapy in which an implantable pulse generator is surgically implanted below the skin of the...
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  • incentive Cashback reward program, an incentive program Reward website, a website that offers rewards for performing tasks Brain stimulation reward, an operant...
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    Dopamine (section Reward)
    motivational component of reward-motivated behavior. The anticipation of most types of rewards increases the level of dopamine in the brain, and many addictive...
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    Wirehead (science fiction) - A hypothetical futuristic application of brain stimulation reward where pleasure is artificially induced. Also, the illusions of...
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    Septum verum (category Brain)
    (1975). "Reward and Drive Neurons". Brain Stimulation Reward. 1: 1–30. Heath, R. G. (December 1, 1963). "Electrical self-stimulation of the brain in man"...
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  • have same stimulation of brain regions because they are still "in love" with their rejecters. Since romantic love follows the dopaminergic reward system...
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    behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug use can alter brain function in synapses similar...
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    between the sections of the brain responsible for processing auditory information (specifically the anterior insula) and for reward processing: in other words...
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  • Wireheading (category Brain–computer interface)
    Wireheading refers to the practice of artificially stimulating the brain's reward centers, typically through electrical currents, to induce intense pleasure...
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  • primates. Deep brain stimulation involves the electrical stimulation of deep brain structures by electrodes implanted into the brain. The effects of...
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    implantation of a device.) Neural implants such as deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation are increasingly becoming routine for patients with...
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  • vision, artificial limbs, and brain-machine interfaces. In the case of neural stimulation, mostly an electrical stimulation is utilized and charge-balanced...
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    CM, KuoLee R, Bozarth MA (July 2014). "Tolerance to cocaine in brain stimulation reward following continuous cocaine infusions". Pharmacology, Biochemistry...
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    including neuropeptide Y neurons that initiate appetite. Ghrelin stimulates brain structures having a specific receptor – the growth hormone secretagogue...
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    not least of all philosophy. Anhedonia Aversion to happiness Brain stimulation reward Depression Euphoria Extraversion, introversion and happiness Happiness...
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  • increase dopamine in the region of the brain associated with reward-based-learning (see: brain stimulation reward). Research on the molecular pathways of...
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    shown that the vagus nerve transmits reward signals from the body to the brain, potentially explaining how stimulation of the nerve leads to emotional changes...
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    Creed has conducted research on understanding and optimizing deep brain stimulation in the basal ganglia for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric...
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    stimulation of Gi-coupled opioid receptors, reduced stimulation of excitatory NMDA receptors, reduced excitatory input) are sufficient for reward. This...
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  • and stimulation in the MFB that is interpreted as a reward or pleasure. After a period of training and conditioning using MFB stimulation as a reward, the...
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    with bone-conduction headphones Augmented learning BrainCo Cortical implants Deep brain stimulation Experience machine Intendix Kernel (neurotechnology...
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  • effects on the brain, including changes in the brain's physiology, that result from the stimulation of regions of the brain associated with reward, pleasure...
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    The lobes of the brain are the four major identifiable regions of the human cerebral cortex, and they comprise the surface of each hemisphere of the cerebrum...
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    Markou A (January 1999). "RU 24969, a 5-HT1A/1B agonist, elevates brain stimulation reward thresholds: an effect reversed by GR 127935, a 5-HT1B/1D antagonist"...
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