Nerve Cells (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Nerve Cells

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Nerve cells in the nucleus accumbens (red) receive input from amygdala fibers (green). Optogenetic stimulation of these nerve fibers produces a rewarding effect in mice.

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Stuber lab/UNC-Chapel Hill

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