- The Medial Forebrain bundle: Collection of axons concentrated in a large tract from the midbrain through the hypothalamus. 

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- Brain self-stimulation: the process in which animals work to provide electrical stimulation to certain areas of the brain because it is a rewarding experience.

- Experiments in the 1950's found that rats will readily pull a lever to receive electrical stimulation in the septum

- Brain self-stimulation can also be seen in humans. Patients receiving electrical stimulation in the septum have been known to feel pleasure and warmth. 

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Breedlove, S. & Watson, N. (2017). Behavioral neuroscience, eighth edition. Oxford University Press.

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