The Brain's Reward System (IMAGE)

University of Basel

The Brain's Reward System

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The MRI image clearly shows how the brain's reward, or limbic, system behaves differently when administered a placebo (top) or one of two types of sugar, glucose (center) and fructose (bottom).

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(Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine)

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