A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has upended decades of neuroscience dogma, revealing that ...

Twenty-one-year-old Vishesh Thakur (name changed) was a social media and gaming addict. A compulsive gamer and social media ...

Nicotine, an addictive stimulant found in the tobacco plant, can increase the release of dopamine and other neurotransmitters ...

Playing games like basketball, football, or tennis adds a social element that boosts dopamine. The combination of competition ...

This useful study employs optogenetics, genetically-encoded dopamine and serotonin sensors, and patch-clamp electrophysiology to investigate modulations of neurotransmitter release between striatal ...

Contemporary research has brought psychosis out of the dark, transforming our relationship to it from one of fear and ...

The success of "contingency management" belies the notion that addiction is an uncontrollable disease caused by a drug's ...

High school students learn that Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to associate the sound of a bell with getting food. The ...

This video explores how THC mimics the body’s endocannabinoid anandamide, binding primarily to CB₁ receptors and inhibiting the release of key neurotransmitters such as glutamate, GABA, dopamine, ...

Parkinson’s disease, the world's fastest-growing neurological condition, often remains shrouded in mystery beyond its characteristic tremors. Despite being the second most common neurodegenerative ...

Not all animals respond to reward cues the same way — some fixate on the cue itself, while others head straight for the reward.