How Does Ventral Striatum Work?

To do its job, the ventral striatum relies heavily on dopamine. This is a molecule that acts as a messenger between brain cells. Dopamine signals rise in the ventral striatum in response to things that are rewarding or worth paying attention to.

How do you activate ventral striatum?

Thus, the ventral striatum is activated when we do--or even just anticipate doing--something we know will be pleasurable.

How does the striatum control movement?

It is generally recognized that striatum receives the neural movement signals from the motor cortex, and then processes and modifies these signals and subsequently transfers the signals back to the motor cortex via thalamus for execution of the movement through pyramidal system.