Sometimes dubbed the 'pleasure chemical', dopamine is often wildly misunderstood. Nikolay Kukushkin delves into what the much ...

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...

LOS ANGELES — Maybe you'd like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your ...

Researchers studied a TAAR1 variant found in an Indian family with schizophrenia and showed that a single amino acid change collapses the receptor’s structure. The mutation blocks drug binding, ...

Dopamine is often casually labelled the brain's "pleasure chemical", but neuroscientists say this popular idea misses the point, and may even explain why people so often feel conflicted, restless and ...

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