Endogenous Opioids, Opioid Receptors, and Incentive Processes
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Endogenous opioid peptides and their receptors are involved in the modulation of a variety of behavioral functions because of their relatively diffuse distribution in the CNS. Recent research suggests that endogenous opioids modulate incentive processes. Incentives are environmental resources that motivate the organism to behave. Incentive motivation is activated by expectancies which, in turn, are the result of learning and memory processes. Thus, the study of endogenous opioids in relation to incentive processes encompasses behavioral topics including motivation, emotion, learning, and memory (Table 66.1).
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