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·October 21, 2022·4 min read

A New Environment Boosts Your Memory (But Not for Everyone)

Exploring a new environment helps boost dopamine levels which are projected to the hippocampus, decreasing the threshold for learning. However, in older people, the novelty of a new environment doesn't boost memory as much as it does in younger people.

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·September 29, 2022·4 min read

Unraveling the Reward Behavior: The Mechanisms Underlying the Dopamine Signaling Pathway

The direct phosphorylation of KCNQ2 by ERK occurs through the activation of the dopamine signaling pathway in the nucleus accumbens of mice.

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·September 27, 2022·3 min read

Mechanisms of Psychostimulants on Attention and Learning Revealed

Psychostimulants increase dopamine levels, enhancing task-relevant cortical signals by acting on the striatum and the difference in dopamine synthesis capacity in the striatum explains the variability in the drugs' cognitive effects.

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·September 23, 2022·2 min read

How an Addicted Brain Works

Addiction occurs as a result of the reward system becoming overwhelmed in a way that leads to chronic and permanent alterations in the brain.

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·September 22, 2022·3 min read

Aged Neurons Generated Directly From Skin More Accurately Model Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers successfully turned skin cells from Parkinson's patients into dopaminergic neurons by introducing a combination of neural-inducing genes into the skin cells.

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·September 21, 2022·8 min read

Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Fundamental Sex Differences

Female mice show effects of the DAT mutation in brain regions unaffected in males, and vice versa. The findings reveal surprising differences in dopamine synapses between males and females controlling attention, pleasure, and motivation

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·September 12, 2022·5 min read

Exercise Hormone Halts Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

Irisin, a hormone secreted into the blood during high endurance and aerobic exercise, reduces levels of alpha-synuclein and restores movement in mouse models of Parkinson's disease.

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·August 31, 2022·5 min read

Tiny Brain Area Controls Work for Rewards

The lateral habenula is responsible for determining whether an animal is willing to work for rewards, and when it will stop working.

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·August 25, 2022·4 min read

Investigating the Role of Dopamine Circuits in Habit Formation

Dopamine neurons connect subregions of the striatum that contribute to habit formation. The findings shed new light on how habits are formed, and how they can be broken.

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·August 24, 2022·4 min read

Neurosurgical Procedure Used to Measure Dopamine and Serotonin Is Safe

Inserting a microelectrode deep into the brain to measure serotonin and dopamine levels of patients scheduled to receive deep brain stimulation is safe and effective.

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·August 9, 2022·5 min read

A Role for Cell ‘Antennae’ in Managing Dopamine Signals in the Brain

The cilia on neurons play a key role in ensuring dopamine receptor 1 signals are correctly received.

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·August 4, 2022·2 min read

Brain Mechanism Underlying Evolution of Anxiety

The VMAT1 gene evolved through natural selection in human evolution. Those with the Ile-type variant of the VMAT1 gene are less prone to anxiety and depression.

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dopamine

A New Environment Boosts Your Memory (But Not for Everyone)

Unraveling the Reward Behavior: The Mechanisms Underlying the Dopamine Signaling Pathway

Mechanisms of Psychostimulants on Attention and Learning Revealed

How an Addicted Brain Works

Aged Neurons Generated Directly From Skin More Accurately Model Parkinson’s Disease

Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Fundamental Sex Differences

Exercise Hormone Halts Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

Tiny Brain Area Controls Work for Rewards

Investigating the Role of Dopamine Circuits in Habit Formation

Neurosurgical Procedure Used to Measure Dopamine and Serotonin Is Safe

A Role for Cell ‘Antennae’ in Managing Dopamine Signals in the Brain

Brain Mechanism Underlying Evolution of Anxiety

Modified FDA Drug Blocks Pediatric Brain Tumor Relapse

Blood Proteins Identified That Predict Multiple Sclerosis Early

Gene Therapy Proven to Shield Brain from TDP-43 Damage

Estrogen Loss May Drive Female Alzheimer’s

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