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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 ...

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without relying directly on dopamine pathways. This novel mechanism of action is designed to reduce motor complications such ...

Additionally, Dr Sarthak Dave, an Ahmedabad-based psychiatrist, explains that food cravings driven by the brain's dopamine mechanism can be gustatory (taste-related), visual (triggered by food imagery ...