We owe our motivations and entire 'will to live' to the brain's reward center.

人类的所有动机以及“活下去的意愿”都归功于大脑的“奖励”中心。

Instead, the first stop for sensory information is the brain's emotion center, the amygdala.

相反，感知信息的第一站是大脑的情感中心杏仁核。

Genes involved in motor control were also revved up, as were those that light up the brain's pleasure center.

而与控制运动相关的基因也变得活跃，进而触动大脑的愉快中枢。

For example, brain centers that process memory, brain centers that process executive function are particularly vulnerable.

例如，处理记忆的大脑中枢、处理执行功能的大脑中枢特别脆弱。

The parietal cortex connects the brain’s visual processing center with the motor cortex.

顶叶皮层将大脑的视觉处理中心与运动皮层连接起来。

Some newly infatuated individuals show decreased activity in the brain's cognitive center, the prefrontal cortex.

一些新近迷恋的人表现出大脑认知中心前额叶皮层的活动减少。

This could be due to differences in the brain's language centers, or to societal expectations and upbringing.

这可能是由于大脑语言中心的差异，或社会期望和教养所致。

Late in adulthood, these same skills may decline as the brain's memory center, known as the hippocampus, shrinks.

在成年后期，这些相同的技能可能会随着大脑的记忆中心（称为海马体）萎缩而下降。

Norepinephrine amplifies signals related to attention and motivation, and dopamine is highly involved in learning, movement, and operating the brain's reward center.

去甲肾上腺素会放大与注意力和动机相关的信号，多巴胺则高度参与学习、运动和大脑奖赏中枢的运作。

And when an old use of a brain center no longer is relevant it gets hijacked for something new.

当大脑中枢的旧用途不再相关时，它就会被新事物所劫持。

This drive to hang with pals may be due to changes in the brain's reward center, known as the ventral striatum.

这种想和朋友一起玩的冲动可能是由于大脑奖励中心（称为腹侧纹状体） 的变化所致。

But according to new research, cannabis seems to stimulate the appetite by basically confusing the heck out of the brain’s food center -- in the hypothalamus.

但根据新的研究， 大麻似乎通过混淆大脑的食物中心— —下丘脑— — 来刺激食欲。

Post mortem research on schizophrenia patients has found that many have extra receptors for dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in emotion regulation and the brain's pleasure and reward centers.

对精神分裂症患者的验尸研究发现，许多人有额外的多巴胺受体，多巴胺是一种参与情绪调节和大脑愉悦和奖赏中心的神经递质。

According to a study by research psychiatrist Dr. Nora Valko, dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is active in the brain's pleasure and reward center, and is involved in the regulation of motivation.

根据研究精神病学家诺拉·瓦尔科博士的一项研究，多巴胺是一种神经递质，活跃于大脑的快乐和奖励中心，并参与动机的调节。

The general rule is the healthier the diet, one that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, and oily fish, the larger the brain's memory center and the better the memory performance.

一般来说，饮食越健康越好，多吃水果、蔬菜、全谷物、豆类和油性鱼类，大脑的记忆中心越大，记忆力越好。

The researchers found that people with alcohol use disorder who took exenatide had less activity in the brain's reward centers when they were shown pictures of alcohol — which is an indication that they craved it less.

研究人员发现，服用艾塞那肽的酒精使用障碍患者，当他们看到酒精的照片时，大脑奖励中心的活动较少，这表明他们对酒精的渴望较少。