Researchers discover that COVID-19 uniquely causes brain inflammation and disrupts serotonin/dopamine pathways, explaining ...

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 ...

Ultra-processed foods engineered with precise ratios of sugar, salt, and fat activate the same dopamine pathways as nicotine ...

New research by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder aims to get to the bottom of why, as the saying goes, you get a "skip in your step" when you're happy. The study highlights the central ...

Unexpected rewards boost movement speed within 220 milliseconds, revealing how dopamine-linked reward prediction shapes human motion and offering a potential biomarker for brain disorders.

For the first time, dopamine regulation has been mapped in real time, deep inside the brains of three humans, revealing how the brain neurotransmitter plays an essential role in not just recognizing ...

I used to think dopamine was just a chemical in the brain. Turns out, it can make or break a life. Coined by Dr. Cameron Sepa in 2019, "dopamine fasting" (otherwise known as a "dopamine detox") ...

Let me start by saying I genuinely admire Andrew Huberman. His mission to popularize neuroscience to improve lives is as useful as water in the desert, and his actionable strategies have helped ...

Threadworms, which are a type of parasitic nematode, spend a lot of time crawling around on human skin, poking and prodding to find the best place for entry before burrowing in. But disrupting a ...