dopamine

“Clothes are made to hold on to. For me, some items have incredible memories. I doubt that I will ever part with the blazer I wore to Paris on my first appointments with Maggie Marilyn.”“I…

Psychostimulants interacting with the dopamine transporter are found in the therapy of neuro-psychiatric disorders, such as ADHD or depression, as well as on the illicit drug market. In…

A new study at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience has examined how the dopamine system processes aversive unpleasant events. It is well known that the dopamine system plays a crucial…

If it's up, watching the stock market can lead to false confidence, bubbles, and castles in…

The nucleus accumbens, part of the basal ganglia in the brain, is composed of neurons controlled by glutamate and dopamine. Dopamine regulates memory and learning, motor functions, and…

The prevalence, age of onset, and clinical symptoms for virtually all neuropsychiatric disorders differ between men and women. Among the disorders with pronounced sex bias are…

"You have this new tool that now helps us make the kinds of measurements that we've never been able to make before, and we go into the lab and deploy this technology and we see what…

If you remember your first hit on a cigarette, you know how sickening nicotine can be. Yet, for many people, the rewards of nicotine outweigh the negative effects of high doses. University…

Credit: Nature Electronics (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-022-00803-0 A team of researchers…

A historically overlooked rod-like projection present on nearly every cell type in the human body may finally be getting its scientific due: A new study has found that these appendages,…