The researchers used fiber photometry systems to detect neurotransmitters, which involved injecting the mice with fluorescent ...

Dopamine’s effects in the brain are mediated by postsynaptic D1 and D2 receptors. Adenosine A1 and A2A receptors are uniquely positioned to counteract the excessive stimulation of dopamine receptors ...

When dopamine levels are artificially increased too often, such as through excessive social media use or junk food ...

“The end game is trying to relate [dopamine signaling] back to schizophrenia and other disorders with working memory impairment,” study coauthor Joshua Roffman of MGH and Harvard University told The ...

From writing and typing to playing a musical instrument or mastering a sport, learning movement-based tasks is one of the ...

It's the sweet fizzy drink that many people turn to for a quick caffeine hit, but a pharmacist has now revealed the alarming ...

Dopamine is an inotropic agent that has vasodilatory effects at low doses. It is a common belief that low-dose dopamine may be helpful in the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure and is ...

Hippocampal replay, which is implicated in memory formation and planning, exhibits a reward-dependent spatial specificity that in novel environments requires dopamine signaling.