The neurobiological systems most closely linked to intoxication for an addictive substance are:

a. connections between the amygdala and hippocampus.
b. reward circuitry.
c. dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, amygdala, thalamus, and hippocampus.
d. the orbitofrontal cortex and prefrontal cortex.


Ans: B

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