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| This glossary comes from False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain, by David Friedman, PhD, and Sue Rusche, Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999. A
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| V 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.
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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.
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