MFB - medial forebrain bundle

[Peter Hood]

In article: <40b7hn$80k at sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de>  uj501ac at sunmail.lrz-muenchen.de (Felix 
Schmidt) writes:

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> Hi Neuroscientists!
> 
> I am very interested in any information about the reward system. I read that 
> the area of the MFB ( medial forebrain bundle ) was stimulated at conscious 
> patients. These people responsed, that the of the stimulation was the happiest 
> one in their live. If anyone could send me even sources of this topic i would 
> be grateful. 

Hello, Felix.

You could also check out Jeffrey M. Liebman & Steven J. Cooper, 'The
Neuropharmacological Basis of Reward' (1989); Oxford University Press
(ISBN 0-19-852176-6).

It has plenty on pathways and chemicals, transmitters, and a good bibliography.
Articles by J.R. Stellar & M.B. Rice on "Neuroanatomical bases of intracranial self-stimulation",
"Neuronal basis of intracranial self-stimulation", etc..  Perhaps time will have made some
of this obsolescent, but it's a good starting point.


-- 
Peter