This study utilizes an elegant approach to examine valence encoding of the mesolimbic dopamine system. The findings are valuable, demonstrating differential responses of dopamine to the same taste ...

On the flip side, stimulating the dopamine pathway between the ventral tegmental ... neural circuits without affecting the ...

This pathway, an indirect connection to the ... which enters the striosomes from the cortex and the limbic system, influences dopamine levels in a way that can encourage or discourage action.

Researchers from the Champalimaud Foundation shed light on the puzzling relationship between dopamine and rest tremor in ...

The findings suggest that the classical model of how the striatum controls movement needs to be modified to include the role of these newly identified pathways. The researchers now hope to test their ...

Scientists have recently discovered that caffeine may counteract some of alcohol’s effects on the brain’s reward system, ...

Dopamine commonly known as the feel-good neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger crucial to the brains reward system Learn ...

Rest tremor in Parkinson’s disease is linked to dopamine activity in the caudate nucleus, challenging conventional beliefs ...

This supersensitivity might be the result of changes in receptor number and cellular distribution, or changes in the signalling pathways downstream of receptor activation. As enhanced D1 dopamine ...