Brain Reward Centers
Laurel Mellin, PhD
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF

Igor Mitrovic, MD
Professor of Physiology, UCSF
SESSION 7 OBJECTIVES
• Describe the evolutionary basis of reward and emotion.
• Use the Limits Cycle to process stress back to
homeostatic reward and positive emotion.

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    Brain Reward Centers LaurelMellin, PhD Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Igor Mitrovic, MD Professor of Physiology, UCSF
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    SESSION 7 OBJECTIVES •Describe the evolutionary basis of reward and emotion. • Use the Limits Cycle to process stress back to homeostatic reward and positive emotion.