Study uncovers decision-making impairments linked to Parkinson's drug
Parkinson's disease (PD), also known simply as Parkinson's, is a disorder of the nervous system that affects millions of people ...
Tag: Dopamine
Study reveals how NPAS4 regulates drug-context associations and impacts relapse
Most people wouldn't think twice after seeing sugar spilled on a counter. But for someone with a history of cocaine ...
Dopamine treatment can reduce Alzheimer's plaques and improve memory
A new way to combat Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by Takaomi Saido and his team at the RIKEN Center ...
New optical neural chip technology reveals unexpected dopamine dynamics
DGIST (President Lee Kunwoo) Department of Brain Sciences Professor Lee Kwang and his team have discovered a new correlation between ...
Gut-friendly psychobiotics could brighten moods and fight depression
In a recent review published in the journal Nutrients, researchers investigated the psychobiotic treatment of depression by restoring microbial balance ...
Unique bacteria colonize the gut shortly after birth and make serotonin to educate gut immune cells
A recent Science Immunology study revealed that neonatal gut bacteria produce serotonin and down-regulate monoamine oxidase A (MOA) to limit serotonin breakdown, ...
Research provides insight into how the brain translates motivation into goal-oriented behavior
Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal -; foraging for ...
Study reveals pivotal insights into the progression of Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease, the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease, affects nearly 1 million people in the ...
Study uncovers missing piece in the complex nerve-network needed for left-right turns
Have you ever wondered what happens in the brain when we move to the right or left? Most people don't; ...
Study sheds light on how cocaine addiction alters brain's reward system
Rutgers researchers have used neuroimaging to demonstrate that cocaine addiction alters the brain's system for evaluating how rewarding various outcomes ...
