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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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JUN 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, currently affecting ~ 1 million people in
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 30, 2016
Videos
How does music affect your brain? Let's start with the obvious: Your brain loves it! Hence, why you feel so good when yo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 30, 2016
Videos
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...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
New research with mice offers more evidence of a complex interaction between genes and the environment when it comes to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro
...
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Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni
...
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Cassidy Reich
APR 05, 2016
Videos
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...
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Anthony Bouchard
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Health & Medicine
I write about depression and mood disorders pretty frequently on LabRoots and that is because it is an issue I am truly
...
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Cassidy Reich
MAR 10, 2016
Infographics
Childhood schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder which causes children to interpret reality abnormally. This type of m
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 07, 2016
Videos
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a powerful hallucinogenic. It was first synthesized in 1938 by Swiss chemist Albert
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 01, 2016
Neuroscience
The vast network of neurons, dendrites, axons and other hardware that is responsible for sending messages all over the b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 19, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
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Cassidy Reich
FEB 16, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
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Cassidy Reich
FEB 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
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Cassidy Reich
FEB 03, 2016
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Cannabis Sciences
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The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
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...
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Videos
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