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Which part of the brain distributes reward and pleasure feelings?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Reward centers: The Nucleus Accumbens in the Limbic system, and the Pre frontal cortex.

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Answered 5/8/2019

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