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| Valium | A depressant drug of the benzodiazepine family that relieves anxiety. |
| | ventral tegmental area | (VTA) The group of dopamine-containing neurons that make up a key part of the brain reward system. The key targets of these neurons include the nucleus accumbens and the prefrontal cortex. |
| | vesicles | Tiny sacks within axon terminals that produce, release, and store neurotransmitters. |
| | visual cortex | A brain region in the back of the head that allows us to perceive the visual information gathered by our eyes. |
| Special Thanks:
Addiction Studies Program - Wake Forest University School of Medicine
False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain by David Friedman, PhD, and Sue Rusche, Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999. [www.addictionstudies.org]
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