Here’s what happens to your brain when you take a break from social media
From dopamine deficits to withdrawal symptoms, detoxing from social media can be challenging. This is how to make it work for ...
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Dopamine Is the Neurotransmitter Everyone Has Heard Of
The brain doesn't just want what it enjoys. It wants things for the sake of it.
Rolling Out1d
Dopamine’s surprising breakthrough in Alzheimer’s treatment
Discover how dopamine’s unexpected role in breaking down harmful plaques could revolutionize Alzheimer's treatment and ...
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New look at dopamine signaling suggests neuroscientists' model of reinforcement learning may need to be revised
Dopamine is a powerful signal in the brain, influencing our moods, motivations, movements, and more. The neurotransmitter is crucial for reward-based learning, a function that may be disrupted in ...
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Caffeine’s impact on brain’s mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway could reduce alcohol’s addictive effects
This pathway includes the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens, areas where dopamine release creates feelings of pleasure and reward. When alcohol is consumed, it triggers dopamine ...
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Expert explains what happens to your brain when you stop using social media
Research has found that those of us who take a break from social media actually gain more self-confidence along with many ...
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Researchers show how dopamine pathways contribute to complex neural circuits that control goal-directed behavior
The mice would receive a better reward if they waited longer ... How might disruptions in the dopamine-mediated signaling pathway affect an individual's ability to time their actions effectively?
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Dopamine-Adenosine Interactions
We are interested in determining how manipulating pre- and post-synaptic adenosine A1 receptors alter reward and relapse behavior and what mechanisms are involved in this process. Dopamine-Adenosine ...
Psychology Today1mon
Addiction and the Brain
That pleasurable reward reinforces the behavior ... imaging studies of addiction is the degree to which, through dopamine pathways, the prefrontal cortex is consistently dysregulated, disempowered ...
BioSpace5d
Neumora’s Novel Depression Drug Strikes Out in First Pivotal Trial
In a highly anticipated readout for the kappa opioid receptor class in major depressive disorder, Neumora’s navacaprant ...
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The First Amendment and the Social Media Dilemma
As Stanford addiction researcher Doctor Anna Lembke explains, "The more dopamine a [particular stimulant] releases in the brain's reward pathway … , and the faster it releases dopamine ...