Alpha synuclein is a presynaptic protein that, when misfolded, contributes to neuronal degeneration and the progression of ...
A new study found that people with depression and anxiety who used GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy had a 42% lower risk ...
A growing body of mouse and rat research is rewriting the textbook on how dopamine, the brain’s primary reward signal, ...
Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter known to modulate motivation and reinforcement learning. While the role of dopamine in these reward-related processes is well-established, the cellular and neural ...
During the double-blind withdrawal period, 41.9% of ecopipam-treated patients relapsed compared with 68.1% of placebo-treated patients. Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating ...
Dopamine has a dark side. Substances that give us great pleasure, from coffee to cocaine, can raise dopamine levels too high.
A genetic postmortem analysis of the brains of patients with schizophrenia suggests dysfunction of dopamine receptors in the caudate nucleus may cause the disorder. Investigators identified a ...
This is part 4 of a 5-part series on modern perspectives on ADHD. Part 3, "Is ADHD Really a Disorder?" is available here. If a distinct population of individuals have something we describe as ADHD, ...