For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to ...

American author and popularizer, analyzes for the second time the mechanisms of dopamine in his new book Dopamine under control (Península). He does so from a practical perspective in which, "without ...

Within the human brain, movement is coordinated by a brain region called the striatum, which sends instructions to motor neurons in the brain. Those instructions are conveyed by two pathways, one that ...

Researchers used fruit flies to uncover genes that regulate both dopamine levels and sleep. By screening pigmentation-related genes, they identified conserved genes that alter dopamine synthesis and ...

Dopamine is not just a reward signal — new research shows it precisely fine-tunes inhibitory brain circuits essential for learning, memory formation and mental health Wroclaw Medical University, ...