ALPHABETICAL BRAIN VOCABULARY Fact Checker for Brain Flash Card #62 "PLEASURE CIRCUIT" The references for your brain's "Pleasure Circuit," which is known technically as the ("Medial Forebrain Pleasure Circuit"), flash card include the following sources: [1] The Compass of Pleasure by David J. Linden. Viking, 2011. (See "Medial Forebrain Pleasure Circuit" in the Index = 144 and 163; production of pleasure = 3-4, 18-19; behavioral components of your pleasure circuit = 24-26; the effects of stress on your pleasure circuit = 91-92; production of pleasure = 15-20.) [2] Why Zebras Don't get Ulcers --- a Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping by Robert M. Sapolsky. An Owl Book/Henry, Holt and Company, 3rd ed., 2004. (See the chapter: "The Neurochemistry of Pleasure" [3] A User's Guide to the Brain by John J. Ratey. Pantheon Books, 2001. (See Pleasure in Index = 63, 65, 243-244, 245.) [4] Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter. UC Berkeley Press, 1998, 2010. (See "Dopamine" in the 2010 Index page 221= 16, 39, 29 and 67 functions, 103 pleasure, 62 and 63 satisfaction, 68 sexual behavior.) Return to: Flash Card #62 or MORE DETAILS