Sex is a primary reward and it is the basis of pair-bond formation in voles. The striatum is part of the neuronal circuitry underlying a remarkable pair-bond formation in which both partners remain monogamous. It is important to note that the role of the striatum extends beyond that of movement and reward.
in human nervous system: The spinal cord. Associated with local regions of the spinal cord and imposing on it an external segmentation are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, each of which receives and furnishes one dorsal and one ventral root.
Spinal Nerves. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves emerge laterally from the spinal cord. Each pair of nerves corresponds to a segment of the cord and they are named accordingly. This means there are 8 cervical nerves, 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves, 5 sacral nerves, and 1 coccygeal nerve. Each spinal nerve is connected to the spinal cord by a dorsal root and a ventral root.