Powerful spiritual feelings were associated with activation in the nucleus accumbens, an area of the brain associated with reward, a new study reports.
Opiate exposure causes synaptic rewiring in the nucleus accumbens in addition to decreasing dendritic spines. The findings shed light into the neurobiology of opiate relapse.
Dopamine neurons have a direct role in encoding movement, a new study reports.
Researchers say Matcha, a traditional Japanese tea, can help boost mood and mental performance. Match tea powder activates dopaminergic neural networks and improves depressive symptoms in mice that previously experienced stress as a result of social isolation.
Using neuroimaging technology, researchers note increased activity in areas of the brain associated with empathy in subjects who underwent compassion training.
Glutamatergic neural connections between the prelimbic prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens appear to be responsible for co-morbid anxiety and OCD behaviors.
A new study uses MRI technology to map the neuroanatomical differences and similarities in two different kinds of extroverts.
UCSF Gallo scientists show that drinking releases brain endorphins Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of...
A new study reports on the role dopamine plays in decision making.
A new study reports mice lacking the Maged1 gene are unable to acquire an addiction to cocaine.
Manipulating the activity of Activin receptors could decrease relapse behaviors in cocaine addiction, a new study suggests.
Enzyme activity outside of specific cell types contribute to synaptic plasticity associated with addiction behaviors.
