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 ...
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We Now Have a New Understanding of How Dopamine Works, Which Could Lead to Better Treatments
For decades, scientists have understood that when a person perceives something as pleasurable, dopamine is released in their brain. Hear a favorite song come on the radio? Dopamine time. See the ...
A team led by BBRF grantees has proposed a markedly new way of understanding the role of dopamine in the brain in processes involved in learning and memory. The revised view of the neurotransmitter ...
A discussion with NPR’s Michaeleen Doucleff about dopamine, and escaping the vicious cycle of chasing pleasure.
Addiction is a powerful condition that can slowly change how a person’s brain works. It often takes away control and makes it ...
Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...
Why do we chase a positive feeling, even when we know the risks might override the reward? A research team led by Kristijan Jovanoski at Oxford University’s Centre for Neural Circuits and Behavior ...
Recently, the term “dopamine detox” has become quite popular across platforms like YouTube and TikTok. This theory suggests that by steering clear of stimulating activities like social media, video ...
Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight” ...
For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...
AURORA, Colo. (July 10, 2025) – A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has upended decades of neuroscience dogma, revealing that dopamine, a neurotransmitter critical for ...
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