If you replay arguments long after they end, your brain may be seeking reward, not resolution. Here’s how dopamine shapes ...

Interindividual variation of dopamine neurocircuitry may contribute to opportunistic eating and obesity as dopamine has a central role in orchestrating the complex sequence of learning food−reward ...

What happens in the human brain when we learn from positive and negative experiences? To help answer that question and better understand decision-making and human behavior, scientists are studying ...

Blocking dopamine receptors in different regions of the amygdala reduces drug seeking and taking behavior with varying longevity, according to research in rats published in eNeuro. The amygdala ...

A recent study published in Neuron on March 19, 2025, explores how the interaction between dopamine and acetylcholine in the brain influences sexual behavior in male mice. This research sheds light on ...

What happens in the human brain when we learn from positive and negative experiences? To help answer that question and better understand decision making and human behavior, scientists are studying ...

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Most people today know a dopamine detox or dopamine fast as a quick cure-all for their mental health problems. This is how it typically works: Step 1. An individual accrues a number of bad lifestyle ...

Naturally rewarding stimuli (i.e. food, sex, etc) increase the activity of dopamine cells in the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system causing increased dopamine release in brain areas such as the nucleus ...