Overview
I'm working on a science question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
when thinking about dopamine's role in motivation, what dopaminergic brain pathway is important here? Further, how might manipulating activity of this dopamine pathway affect motivation? For example, the quitting system described in the discussion resources highlights how nociceptin neurons can modulate dopamine release to affect motivated behavior. Where in the brain do they do this? Why would changing dopamine release change behavior?