The reward system (the mesocorticolimbic circuit) is a group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., "wanting"; desire or craving...

The mesolimbic pathway, sometimes referred to as the reward pathway, is a dopaminergic pathway in the brain. The pathway connects the ventral tegmental...

Look up reward in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reward may refer to: Reward (Shelltown, Maryland), a historic home in Shelltown Maryland Reward, California...

phrase "carrot and stick" is a metaphor for the use of a combination of reward and punishment to induce a desired behaviour. In politics, "carrot or stick"...

brain reward system and how similar it is across mammals. Through extensive research, scientists have been able to conclude that the brain reward system in...

natural reward – despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social or financial well-being. In the brain's reward system, a gene...

"wanting", but not "liking" reactions once they have been acquired. The reward system contains pleasure centers or hedonic hotspots – i.e., brain structures...

intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug...

dopamine transients during the pursuit of reward.[clarification needed] Outside the central nervous system, dopamine functions primarily as a local paracrine...

the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system and other dopamine pathways; it is widely implicated in the drug and natural reward circuitry of the brain. The VTA...