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Dopamine
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, one of those chemicals that is responsible for transmitting signals in between the nerve cells (neurons) of the brain. Very few neurons actually make dopamine. Some, in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra, are the cells that die during Parkinsons disease. The functions of others, located in a part of the brain called the ventral tegmental area (VTA), are less well defined and are the major source of the aforementioned controversy (and the focus of this post). When dopamine neurons become activated, they release dopamine.
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Levodopa, a drug used to increase dopamine levels in people with Parkinson’s disease, may also reverse the effects ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 28, 2022Neuroscience
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Added sugars are in many food products, and they are difficult to avoid even when you're trying, and high sugar diets ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2022Neuroscience
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NOV 18, 2023
Neuroscience
Inhibiting an enzyme called USP30 in mice protects dopamine-producing neurons, which are typically lost as Parkinson'
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 18, 2023
Neuroscience
While elucidating the effects of amphetamine-based treatments, researchers labeled a fascinating feature of ADHD called
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
AUG 22, 2023
Neuroscience
Revelations from across neuroscience underscore that obesity may be more than just skin deep, tracing its roots to neuro
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
AUG 02, 2023
Neuroscience
Study uncovers that serotonin and SSRI treatment shape our cognitive effort and information-seeking behaviors.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUL 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Before the Cambrian explosion, also known as the biological big bang, produced a huge array of animals. But the foundati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
According to a study conducted by the Washington University School of Medicine and published in Nature Mental Healt
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAR 30, 2023
Health & Medicine
Japanese Matcha tea powder is known to boost energy, clarity, and mood. The powder activates dopaminergic neural circuit
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAR 18, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new report in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease has suggested that a common chemical used in dry cleaning, decaffeina
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Levodopa, a drug used to increase dopamine levels in people with Parkinson’s disease, may also reverse the effects
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 28, 2022
Neuroscience
Pexel by Fotos da Lua We know stress and sex hormones affect neuron signaling and excitability in diverse ways across th
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 21, 2022
Neuroscience
Compared to the countless number of serotonin and dopamine-centered depression studies, the kynurenine pathway (KP) hold
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 28, 2022
Neuroscience
Experimental synthetic drugs may treat depression and anxiety-related disorders with few adverse side effects. The corre
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience examined how the dopamine system processes aversive, or unplea
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 06, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Added sugars are in many food products, and they are difficult to avoid even when you're trying, and high sugar diets ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in Nature Neuroscience examined the role the amygdala plays in diet regulation. Researchers at Cold Sp
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 23, 2022
Neuroscience
McGill University researchers have developed a genetically based score to identify young children who are at risk of imp
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 23, 2022
Plants & Animals
A recent study highlights that animals calibrate their sleep cycle in response to their environment. Researchers from Wa
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 22, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder that can affect an individual’s ability to properly inter
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
SEP 15, 2022
Neuroscience
A recent study found that food insecurity affects brain development in mice. University of California Berkeley researche
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that results from the impairment of nerve cells in an area of the brain ca
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 18, 2022
Neuroscience
People usually only have to learn how to ride a bicycle once; and once a person learns how, they can get on and start ri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in Neuroscience found that different areas of the brain are activated depending on the type of creativ
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 09, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience indicated that emotional recognition processes in disorders such as Par
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
APR 22, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Smoking weed sometimes leads to eating crazy combinations of foods, or even everything in sight. But why is that? There'
...
Written By:
Helaine Krysik