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Anxiety and Nucleus accumbens

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Anxiety and Nucleus accumbens

Anxiety vs. Nucleus accumbens

Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination. The nucleus accumbens (NAc or NAcc), also known as the accumbens nucleus, or formerly as the nucleus accumbens septi (Latin for nucleus adjacent to the septum) is a region in the basal forebrain rostral to the preoptic area of the hypothalamus.

Similarities between Anxiety and Nucleus accumbens

Anxiety and Nucleus accumbens have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Caffeine, Cocaine, Fear, Hippocampus, Major depressive disorder, Opioid, Serotonin.

Caffeine

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class.

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Cocaine

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

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Fear

Fear is a feeling induced by perceived danger or threat that occurs in certain types of organisms, which causes a change in metabolic and organ functions and ultimately a change in behavior, such as fleeing, hiding, or freezing from perceived traumatic events.

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Hippocampus

The hippocampus (named after its resemblance to the seahorse, from the Greek ἱππόκαμπος, "seahorse" from ἵππος hippos, "horse" and κάμπος kampos, "sea monster") is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates.

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Major depressive disorder

Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known simply as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of low mood that is present across most situations.

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Opioid

Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.

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Serotonin

Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter.

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Anxiety and Nucleus accumbens Comparison

Anxiety has 172 relations, while Nucleus accumbens has 130. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 2.32% = 7 / (172 + 130).

References

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