Like the
dorsal striatum (i.e., CAU and PUT), the bilateral GP showed widespread positive correlations with entire cortical areas.
Over time, dopamine signaling would shift from the NAcc to the
dorsal striatum and perpetuate craving and food seeking.
Dopamine activation of endogenous cannabinoid signaling in
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No differences were found in relative optical density of
dorsal striatum [[F.sub.(3,21)] = 0.268, p = 0.847] (Figure 6(b)).
This type of learning involves the
dorsal striatum, and in particular the sensorimotor striatum or DLS.
The IBZM mean binding score for each selected region was 1.58 [+ o -] 0.10 for the left striatum; 1.54 [+ o -] 0,07 for the right striatum; 1,59 [+ o -] 0,12 for the left ventral striatum; 1.56 [+ o -] 0.09 for the right ventral striatum; 1.59 [+ o -] 0.10 for the left
dorsal striatum; and 1.54 [+ o -] 0.08 for the right
dorsal striatum.
Inactivation of the lateral but not medial
dorsal striatum eliminates the excitatory impact of Pavlovian stimuli on instrumental responding.
Brain scans show that obese people had less activity in the
dorsal striatum, the part of the brain that releases dopamine in response to eating, when they drank a chocolate milkshake, compared to leaner people, the researchers said.
Stice and Bohon looked at how much a particular pleasure center in the brain, known as the
dorsal striatum, was "lit up" when women got a milkshake instead of the tasteless drink.
Brain scanning showed that a key region called the
dorsal striatum -- a dopamine-rich pleasure center -- became active when they tasted the milkshake, but not when they tasted the comparison liquid that just mimicked saliva.
Research with cocaine and rodents suggests that dopamine released in the
dorsal striatum is associated with drug-seeking behavior.
