Dopamine is a neuromodulator that’s known as the “feel-good” hormone, because it’s responsible for making us feel happy and experience pleasure. Released from nerve cells in the brain, it also plays a ...

Dopamine is an inotropic agent that has vasodilatory effects at low doses. It is a common belief that low-dose dopamine may be helpful in the prevention and treatment of acute renal failure and is ...

Then, there was this more alliterative pledge that sounds something like a fringe medical procedure: dopamine detox. Here is how it works: you temporarily deprive yourself of one or more sources ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Thermal sensations are consciously differentiated as hot or cold by the brain; however, the neural mechanism that enables this differentiation is not well understood. To address ...

Because substances of abuse act directly on the reward center of the brain to deliver their high—this involves speedy and intense release of the neurotransmitter dopamine—addiction can be seen ...

People often like to refer back to the biggest trends of decades past - hence the fascination and reimagination of '90s ...

I’m sick and tired of weirdos trying it out and thinking they can invade my personal space. Fuck off ! If anyone recognises this perv, let me know. The caption was above a blurry picture of me on the ...

Jan. 17, 2025 — A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a ...

Try these speed reading exercises to improve reading. You can also learn something about the news. There are reading texts at different levels. You can choose the reading speed of each text. If one ...

We have this thing at HC headquarters. We choose a word in January to set our intentions for the coming year. Here are the ...

Changes in the BTBD9 and MEIS1 genes have associations with RLS. These genetic changes may influence dopamine levels or activity and iron stores in certain parts of the brain, which then affect ...