Reinforcement: Self-stim and medial forebrain bundle

Question 1

Self-stimulation will occur with

Answer 1

Electrical stimulation in many parts of the brain: 1. olfactory bulb, prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, caudate, putamen, thalamus, reticular formation, amygdala, ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra and locus coeruleus

Question 2

Medial forebrain bundle (MFB) is most researched area…what is it?

Answer 2

bundle of axons that travel from midbrain to basal forebrain

Question 3

Medial forebrain bundle (MFB) is most researched area…what does it contain

Answer 3

2. contains, among others, ascending dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin axons from midbrain nuclei to forebrain