Have you ever wondered why staying motivated feels so much harder for you than it seems to for others? If you’re a woman with ADHD, it’s not just in your head. Dopamine, the brain’s key motivator, ...
Dr. Anna Lembke says that all that convenience and abundance is making us less happy, and there is plenty of research to back her up: In the developed world, we are lonelier, more anxious and more ...
Eating certain foods, like those high in protein, and healthy practices like exercising and sleeping the recommended amount can help increase your body’s dopamine levels without medication.
Dopamine is an inotropic agent that has vasodilatory effects at low doses. It is a common belief that low-dose dopamine may be helpful in the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure and is ...
A groundbreaking discovery by scientists at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Brain Science has revealed an unexpected link between dopamine and Alzheimer’s disease. This revelation could mark a major ...
Dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra and the ventral tegmental area are believed to be involved in reward-dependent behaviors. Consistent with this role, they are activated by rewards ...
Dopamine is a neuromodulator that’s known as the “feel-good” hormone, because it’s responsible for making us feel happy and experience pleasure. Released from nerve cells in the brain, it also plays a ...
Stimulating dopamine-producing brain cells wirelessly with gold nanoparticles has proven effective at treating mice with Parkinson's disease, even reversing a portion of their neurological damage.