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QUESTION 35 Uma was simply enjoying a birthday party with friends when she experienced a feeling of reward that was unexpectedly frightening Uma became high on something that was unknown to her. Select the part of the brain where this brain reward feeling start A Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) OB. Thalamus OC Cerebellum D. Septum QUESTION 36 Louis is a 21 year old college student who has had to take a break from his school due to hospitalization and rehabilitation for treatment of his severe habit of cocaine use and abuse which has led to a condition of addiction. Matthew has been released recently from the rehabilitation facility because psychiatrists and psychologists believe he is able to recover from his addiction of cocaine. But, when Louis returns home, his friends who have abused cocaine with him on a daily basis encourage him to try snorting cocaine with them. What is probably or most likely the result of this visit with his old buddies of cocaine? A Louis Relapses into cocaine addiction Louis tries cocaine once more and cocaine addiction is totally gone. He feels no dopamine rush at all Louis does not try cocaine; he is completely able to be with his friends and stay with them even daily without cocaine. D. Louis experiences none of the above

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35. A. Ventral trigeminal area as The VTA within mesolimbic pathway projects to the nucleus accumbens which is thought to be the reward center. The neurotransmitter most commonly is dopamine.

36. A. Louis relapses into cocaine addiction as it is difficult to overcome and he is coming in contact with his abuser friends again