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Diagram outlines the dopamine reward pathway in mice.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 24, 2016·3 min read

Researchers Identify Dopamine Signaling Pathway that Controls Cocaine Reward in Mice

A new study reports cocaine increases dopamine levels in the striatum, activating a previously unknown pathway.

This is an illustration of an L-type calcium channel.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 2, 2013·3 min read

Psychiatric Disorders Linked to a Protein That Helps Form Long-Term Memories

Researchers discover a pathway by which the brain controls a molecule critical to forming long-term memories, and is connected to some psychiatric disorders.

The image shows the areas of the brain affected by schizophrenia.

Featured Psychology

·June 17, 2013·2 min read

Psychiatric Disorders Linked to a Protein Involved in the Formation of Long-Term Memories

Researchers have discovered a neural pathway in which the brain controls a specific molecule, connected to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia which is also critical to the formation of long term memory.