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

Closely related subtypes of dopamine-releasing neurons may play entirely separate roles in processing sensory information, depending on their physical structure. New research from the Institute of ...

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the addictive mechanisms of methamphetamine. The findings suggest that tumor ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to conditions like Parkinson's disease, depression and sleep disorders. While ...

You have probably heard of dopamine. The substance also known as the "feel-good hormone". Drugs such as cocaine cause a surge of dopamine in the brain. Normally, a protein in the brain called the ...

Bianca Shuster currently receives funding from the FWF ESPRIT early career program (ESP339) of the Austrian Sciene Fund. Jennifer Cook currently receives funding from the European Union (Grant ...

GPR6, a G protein-coupled receptor, is primarily expressed in the medium spiny neurons of the striatum, specifically within the striatopallidal pathway. This pathway is heavily impacted by the loss of ...