We connect food and pleasure when it comes to certain flavors, but you may not know that some foods partner with chemical messengers in your brain to make you feel great. Known as “dopamine foods,” ...

Researchers have found that increasing dopamine production in mice with Alzheimer’s disease improves their memory, a process they’re hopeful can be replicated in humans, though more testing for a ...

Dopamine is best known as the brain's reward chemical, a molecule that floods the nervous system when a person experiences something positive — yet also plays a central role in memory, helping the ...

We often hear about comfort food, but certain snack choices can genuinely support your brain’s feel-good chemistry. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter linked to motivation, pleasure, and focus. While no ...

Yale-led researchers recently conducted a massive and detailed comparative analysis of human, chimpanzee and macaque brains. Their paper, "Molecular and Cellular Reorganization of Neural Circuits in ...