Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it ...

Using a specialized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensor, MIT neuroscientists have discovered how dopamine released deep within the brain influences both nearby and distant brain regions. Dopamine ...

Researchers at McGill University have uncovered a surprising twist in how dopamine affects movement, overturning a ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Using a specialized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensor, MIT neuroscientists have discovered how dopamine released deep within the brain influences both nearby and distant brain ...

Why do some brains crave more stimulation than others? Learn about dopamine, genetics, and brain function, and how dopamine ...

The role of dopamine in REM sleep, dream recall, and dream content has come under increasingly stronger scrutiny in recent years. This is theoretically important for understanding sleep and dreams ...

Dopamine may be active long after we stop moving. In a new study from the University of Michigan, researchers show that dopamine neurons fire during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep right after ...

Dopamine detoxes are all over social media, with many influencers talking about doing a "five-day dopamine detox" in which they stay away from social media, podcasts, TV, processed food, and other ...

Using a specialized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sensor that can track dopamine levels, neuroscientists have discovered how dopamine released deep within the brain influences distant brain regions ...