Sentences with phrase «activates reward centers»
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We measured receptor activity in the brain's reward centers that are known to be activated by addictive drugs.»
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«The reward and motivation system is activated more significantly with higher prices and apparently increases the taste experience in this way,» said study co-author Bernd Weber, acting director of the Center for Economics and Neuroscience at the University of Bonn.
But nutrition — including calories — was processed in another part of the reward center: the dorsal striatum, an evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that activates motor behavior.
Sex stimulates the secretion of hormones such as oxytocin, which makes you feel connected to others, and dopamine, which activates the brain's reward center.
«We have found that UV light activates areas of the brain and chemicals in the brain that are known to be involved in other rewards and other addictions,» he said Adinoff, who also directs of mental health research at Dallas VA Medical Center.
The findings, which are published today (June 26) in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that the quick spike and subsequent crash in blood sugar that comes after eating highly processed carbs activates reward and addiction centers in the brain.
«Emily Deans, M.D., a psychiatrist in Massachusetts, reminds us that gut bacteria Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium produce the chill - out neurotransmitter known as GABA, while Bacillus and Serratia produce dopamine — a neurotransmitter that activates the reward and pleasure centers of the brain.»
This is partly because caffeine also stimulates the release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that activates the «pleasure and reward» centers in the brain and is associated with addiction.
Dopamine activates the «reward center» of students» brains and makes students energetic and happy.
When the brain's reward center is activated, it releases dopamine.