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          ·March 16, 2023·4 min read

          Matcha Tea Powder Has Antidepressant-Like Effects

          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.
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          ·March 9, 2023·3 min read

          Unlocking the Power of Goosebumps: The Surprising Emotional Effects of Aesthetic Chills

          A new study suggests that experiencing aesthetic chills, or goosebumps, during stimuli like music, films, and speeches can lead to increased emotional intensity and positive valence. The study's findings may have implications for understanding the role of embodied experiences in perception and decision-making and for the treatment of dopamine-related disorders such as Parkinson's, schizophrenia, and depression.
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          ·January 23, 2023·8 min read

          Origins of Pleasurable Touch Traced From Skin to Brain

          Study reveals a skin-to-brain neural circuit that responds to rewarding forms of social touch. Researchers say the findings could provide an avenue for harnessing the power of touch to assist in treating social and emotional disorders.
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          ·December 2, 2022·5 min read

          Key Brain Cells in Mice Underlying Stress-Related Behaviors Identified

          Glutamate neurons in the ventral tegmental area play a key role in the underlying impact of stressors. Silencing the neurons made the brain more resilient to stress.
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          ·November 15, 2022·3 min read

          How the Nucleus Accumbens Mediates Positive and Negative Motivational Valence

          Study reveals the mechanism of the nucleus accumbens for mediating reward and aversion.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·October 8, 2022·4 min read

          Human Cocaine and Heroin Addiction Is Found Tied to Impairments in Specific Brain Circuit Initially Implicated in Animals

          Greater impairment of the prefrontal cortex-habenula pathway was correlated with earlier age of first drug use.
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          ·July 22, 2022·3 min read

          Making Sense of Socially Enhanced Aggression in the Brain

          Study reveals the lateral habenula plays a critical role in the priming of aggression in male mice.
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          ·April 16, 2022·5 min read

          A Key Brain Region for Substance Use Disorders Now Has a Searchable Atlas of Distinct Cell Populations

          Researchers identified 16 distinct cell populations in the ventral tegmental area, a brain area involved in dopamine neurotransmission involved in reward-directed behaviors.
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          ·April 3, 2022·4 min read

          Midbrain Projection to the Basolateral Amygdala Encodes Anxiety-Like Behaviors

          A ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron circuit that projects to the basolateral amygdala selectively controls anxiety-like behaviors, but not depression-like behaviors.
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          ·March 23, 2022·5 min read

          Motivation to Achieve Goals May Depend on Anxiety Level

          The motivation to exert sustained effort to achieve a goal following stress exposure depends on an individual's level of trait anxiety. The expression of CRHR1 in dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area connects anxiety to either boosted or diminished motivation levels.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 2, 2021·4 min read

          Tracking the Neurons That Make Us Social

          The motivation to invest in social interactions is closely linked to the reward system via the activation of dopaminergic neurons.
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          ·September 2, 2021·4 min read

          Beyond Dopamine: New Reward Circuitry Discovered

          Researchers have identified a new reward system in the brain. The study found long-range GABA neurons from the ventral tegmental area to the ventral nucleus accumbens shell are engaged in reward and reinforcement behaviors. This GABAergic projection inhibits cholinergic interneurons.
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