Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).
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Striatum
Synonyms for "striatum" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
striate body
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Noun(2 words)
basal ganglia input nucleuscorpus striatum
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Noun(2 words)
nucleus accumbens regionreward striatum
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4 entriesbasal ganglia componentbasal ganglionbrain regionsubcortical structure
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6 entriesbasal gangliadorsal striatumstriatal dopamine receptorsstriatal medium spiny neuronsstriatal pathwayventral striatum
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