Dopamine

Dopamine receptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are prominent in the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS).

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Dopamine Doesn't Work in Our Brains Quite The Way We Thought

New discovery reveals dopamine operates with surgical precision, not as a broad signal - EurekAlert!

How Dopamine Flips the Brain’s Fear Switch – And Turns On Calm

New Research Challenges Popular “Dopamine Detox” Trend

How dopamine helps us learn to avoid bad outcomes

New insights into dopamine in focal cortical - EurekAlert!

PET imaging confirms direct involvement of dopamine in cognitive flexibility

PET imaging confirms direct involvement of dopamine in cognitive flexibility - EurekAlert

A hit of dopamine tells baby birds when their song practice is paying off

Dopamine's unexpected role in memory devaluation

MSU study reveals dopamine’s unexpected role in memory devaluation - EurekAlert

Winning Rewires the Brain: New Research Unlocks Secrets of Aggression and Dopamine

Integrating GABA and dopamine signals to regulate meal initiation

Caffeine Seems to Have a Blocking Effect on Dopamine, And Here's Why

Dopamine and serotonin work in opposition to shape learning

Parkinson’s Paradox: When more dopamine means more tremor - EurekAlert

Why do we 'choke' under pressure? New research in monkeys finds a neural mechanism that fumbles motor control under extreme excitement, perhaps triggered by a wave of dopamine.

Challenging current understanding, study reveals rapid release of dopamine not needed for initiating movement - EurekAlert

Placebo pain relief and positive treatment expectations are not caused by dopamine, researchers find

Pain relief from the placebo effect may not actually involve dopamine