Recently published research reports a relationship between neuron type and dopamine function, and one type of dopamine neuron has an unexpected function that will likely reshape how scientists, ...
Researchers report October 25 in the journal Neuron that cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how we perceive and learn from rewards. Though people with cocaine addiction have ...
Reward and action prediction error coding dopamine neurons project to distinct areas of the striatum to reinforce different types of associations. Credit: Sainsbury ...
Dopamine is a brain chemical famously linked to mood and pleasure − but researchers have found multiple types of dopamine neurons with different functions. By Kimberlee D'Ardenne / The Conversation ...
Kimberlee D'Ardenne currently receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (R21-MH130924-01) and has received other funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science ...
Researchers carrying out functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in different areas of the human brain have discovered how cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how ...
Dopamine seems to be having a moment in the zeitgeist. You may have read about it in the news, seen viral social media posts about “dopamine hacking,” or listened to podcasts about how to harness what ...
New research has uncovered an unexpected function of dopamine, a brain chemical traditionally associated with pleasure and motivation. Scientists found that dopamine plays a role in reducing the value ...