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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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OCT 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Choosing whether or not to buy a lottery ticket is one example of making a decision where some risk is involved. Dodging
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A major health and accident problem in today's society, alcohol dependence causes death, health issues and serious i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 28, 2015
Videos
Addiction is something that causes us to keep coming back for more of something. We can become addicted to good things,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
It wasn’t too long ago that an infographic revealing what your body does just one our after consuming a can of Coc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Videos
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do some people eat so much? It may be because of a hormone in the brain that controls eating for sheer pleasure, rat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 02, 2015
Neuroscience
Why do teenagers take big risks? While conventional wisdom put the blame on a dopamine rush, it now appears that "the ad
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 12, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
Recently a woman covered in blood ran naked down the streets of Melbourne, Orlando. She ran towards the police screaming
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 20, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 11, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 04, 2015
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...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 22, 2015
Neuroscience
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Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Findings by a research team at the University of California, have brought up a very interesting question: Could a pill m
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 18, 2015
Neuroscience
The Holy Grail in any progressive disease is to find it early enough to start effective treatment before irreversible da
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 20, 2015
Videos
When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activation of y
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis