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Pleasure centers in the brain
One of the reasons drugs produce feelings of pleasure is because they increase levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine along a “pleasure pathway” in the brain that extends from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens and then to the frontal cortex. This activation of pleasure centers plays a role in addiction.
Pleasure centers in the brain
One of the reasons drugs produce feelings of pleasure is because they increase levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine along a “pleasure pathway” in the brain that extends from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens and then to the frontal cortex. This activation of pleasure centers plays a role in addiction.