It receives inputs from the limbic system and the basal ganglia and sends outputs to midbrain areas that are involved in the release of dopamine (the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral ...

Naturally rewarding stimuli (i.e. food, sex, etc) increase the activity of dopamine cells in the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system causing increased dopamine release in brain areas such as the nucleus ...

Now new data by UTSA shows how the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine changes when working for cocaine. Our brains naturally release dopamine to reward us for working hard for something ...