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Neurochemical pathway of the reward system in the brain involves the mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways. Of these pathways, the mesolimbic pathway plays the major role, and goes from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) via the medial forebrain bundle to nucleus accumbens. The VTA is a source of many dopamine pathways in the brain, which use dopamine neurons transmit a signal to other structures.Dopamine acts on D1-like receptors or D2-like receptors to either stimulate (D1-like) or inhibit (D2-like) the production of cAMP
==Food Reward==
GABAnergic neurons in the hipothlamus are involved in the reward for food<ref>J.H. Jennings et al., “Visualizing hypothalamic network dynamics for appetitive and sonsummatory behaviors,” Cell</ref><ref>E.H. Nieh et al., “Decoding neural circuits that control compulsive sucrose seeking,” Cell</ref><ref>[http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/42015/title/Brain-Cells-Behind-Overeating/ Review]</ref>
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