Aside from structures involved in reward circuitry, name and describe the role that three brain structures play in during chronic administration of an addictive substance.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex—Planning and reasoning altered by drugs. Drugs disrupt impulse control. Dorsal striatum—Mediates implicit behaviors such as habit learning. Orbitofrontal cortex—Assigns value to stimuli paired with drug effects. Amygdala—Pairs stimuli with reinforcing drug effects. Hippocampus—Stores contextual information related to recreational drug taking.
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