... July issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Although dopamine is well known to motivate animals and people ...
... 's disease patients, who have lost the neurons that release dopamine, have their foot perpetually stuck on the brake." Understanding ... strategies for controlling these brain disorders and other involving dopamine like schizophrenia, Tourette's syndrome and dystonia ...
... , and the thalamus, which is involved in alertness. The researchers also found that the amount of dopamine in the brain correlated with feelings of fatigue and impaired ... , the concurrent decline in cognitive performance, which is associated with the dopamine increases, suggests that the adaptation is not sufficient to overcome ...
... target for these and other neurological disorders caused by faulty dopamine transmission, says the study's lead investigator, Howard ... numbers of cells in culture and to a decreased expression of the dopamine transporter on these neurons. The mechanism underlying the ability ...
Researchers have for the first time found that the neurotransmitter dopamine is central to the human brain network governing motivation ...
... in question is found primarily on neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. When the receptor is kicked into action by the presence of either ... the neurons on which they are clustered to let loose with a flood of dopamine. This flooding was obvious from the behavior of mice carrying ...
PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've genetically modified a brain receptor in mice, causing neurons to increase the release of dopamine, making the mice hyperactive.
... and lead author of the study, said. "The fewer available dopamine autoreceptors an individual has, the less they are able to regulate ... individuals, the brain is less able to regulate dopamine, and this may lead these individuals to be particularly responsive to novel ...
Brain-scanning study in people sees link between personality, dopamine system
... being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create the potential for abuse ... from those of stimulant medications (such as methylphenidate and amphetamine), which increase dopamine (a neurotransmitter in the brain essential for the normal functioning ...
... being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create the potential for abuse ...
... functional link between the bursting activity of midbrain dopamine neurons and behavior. The research has significant applications ... in the future. The burst of electrical spikes observed in dopamine neurons is facilitated by a protein called the NMDA ...
SAN ANTONIO, April 7 (UPI) -- University of Texas at San Antonio scientists say they've found the phasic firing of dopamine neurons is key to the brain's prediction of rewards.
... studied the firing patterns of mid-brain dopamine neurons in mice during reward-based ...
Dopamine brings people together and oxytocin keeps them attached, studies show. Is love ...
