Exercise Helps Treat Addiction by Altering Brain’s Dopamine System
Researchers report, in animal models of addiction, daily aerobic exercise alters the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in the brain.... Read More...
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Now You Like It, Now You Don’t: Brain Stimulation Changes Musical Enjoyment
Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers were able to increase and decrease people's enjoyment of music; and desire to listen to more.... Read More...
Window to Brain’s Reward System Could Lead to Better Treatments for Alcoholism
Nalmefene blunts the brain's reward pathway in people with alcohol addiction, a new study reports.... Read More...
Not Feeling the Music? Lack of Joy From Music Linked to Brain Disconnection
People with musical anhedonia have reduced connectivity between brain areas associated with reward and sound processing, a new study reports.... Read More...
Eat For Pleasure Rather Than Hunger? You May Have a Hormone Deficiency
Do you prefer the taste of fatty food? Are you someone who eats for pleasure rather than for hunger's sake? According to a new study, the tendency to overeat could be due to a hormone deficiency.... Read More...