Drugs and Behavior Exam 2
Review
Exam on March 21st
,Exam Procedures
- Same deal as last time
- 75 minutes, on canvas, unproctored
- Open Th 03/21 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
- Google forms quizzes!!!
,Unit 5
Addiction
, Unit 5.1 - Neural mechanisms of drug reward
● Striatum Major Components: Dopamine
● DMS - Caudate ● Major target: striatum
○ Goal-directed behavior ● Pathways!!!
■ Flexible, rapidly acquire new behs. ○ Nigrostriatal
● DLS - Putamen ○ Mesolimbic
○ Habits ○ Mesocortical
■ Inflexible, automatic behs.
● Nucleus Accumbens
○ Pleasure, motivation, reward cues
○ Major target
~ “Nigro”- Substantia Nigra ~ “Meso”- VTA
~ “Striatal”- striatum ~”limbic” - amygdala (in limbic system) and
nucleus accumbens ~ cortical- PFCortex
Review
Exam on March 21st
,Exam Procedures
- Same deal as last time
- 75 minutes, on canvas, unproctored
- Open Th 03/21 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
- Google forms quizzes!!!
,Unit 5
Addiction
, Unit 5.1 - Neural mechanisms of drug reward
● Striatum Major Components: Dopamine
● DMS - Caudate ● Major target: striatum
○ Goal-directed behavior ● Pathways!!!
■ Flexible, rapidly acquire new behs. ○ Nigrostriatal
● DLS - Putamen ○ Mesolimbic
○ Habits ○ Mesocortical
■ Inflexible, automatic behs.
● Nucleus Accumbens
○ Pleasure, motivation, reward cues
○ Major target
~ “Nigro”- Substantia Nigra ~ “Meso”- VTA
~ “Striatal”- striatum ~”limbic” - amygdala (in limbic system) and
nucleus accumbens ~ cortical- PFCortex
