Quitting Smoking Hijacked by the Nucleus Accumbens

The what? Let’s take something easier – the dorsal striatum, or locus coeruleus. Still gobbledygook? Not to medical specialists. If you think quitting smoking is difficult, think of it as a chemical reaction to certain stimuli, that’s all. The nucleus accumbens is the name given to part of your brain’s pleasure centre where dopamine is […]