Why do some brains crave more stimulation than others? Learn about dopamine, genetics, and brain function, and how dopamine ...

When the brain becomes overstimulated, these pleasure spikes become less effective, leading us to believe we need more and ...

A new study shows dopamine isn’t the brain’s movement “gas pedal” after all. Instead of setting speed or strength, it quietly ...

Stanford addiction psychiatrist and bestselling author teaches members how to reset their brain's reward system and feel in control in the new year ...

A new study from McGill University challenges a decades-old belief about dopamine. Rather than driving movement like a ...

Researchers at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD) believe they have solved a riddle that has challenged scientists for more than 70 years: how the brain chemical dopamine relates to ...

There are many kinds of dopamine neurons located in the uppermost region of the brainstem that manufacture and release dopamine throughout the brain. Recently published research reports a relationship ...

Recently published research reports a relationship between neuron type and dopamine function, and one type of dopamine neuron has an unexpected function that will likely reshape how scientists, ...

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

Emotion-recognition among people with disorders such as Parkinson's disease or schizophrenia may be affected by changes in the levels of dopamine in the brain, say researchers at the University of ...

Neuroscientists have demonstrated in new research that dopamine plays a key role in how songbirds learn complex new sounds. Neuroscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated ...