Talk:Neuropathway

Where do we want to re-direct?

This term is very useful when describing the addictive process.

See articles

1) http://txtwriter.com/Backgrounders/Drugaddiction/drugs2.html - look for 'brain’s pleasure pathways' and 'nerve pathway activities'.

2) http://www.utexas.edu/research/asrec/dopamine.html - look for 'pleasure-pathway'.

3) http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/164/6/817 - look for 'dopamine pathway', 'neurotransmitter pathways', 'dopamine pathway'

4) http://www.hazelden.org/servlet/hazelden/go/INFO_BRAINDISEASE - look for 'brain reward pathway' and 'reward circuit'

5) http://www.healthrecipes.com/eat5.htm - look for 'neurological pathways'

6) http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/textbook/neuro/neuro_8.html - look for 'reward pathway'

7) http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/reward/pathways.cfm - 'brain pathway', 'Serotonin pathway', 'Dopamine pathway'

8) http://psychiatrictimes.com/p010259.html - 'reward pathway'

References: Koob GF, Sanna PP, Bloom FE. Neuroscience of addiction. Neuron 1998;21: 467-76. Corrigall WA. Understanding brain mechanisms in nicotine reinforcement. Br J Addict 1991;86:507-10.[Medline]