Researchers found that cutting the vagus nerve in mice reduced dopamine activity and lessened the frequency of reward ...

Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC are testing an experimental stem cell therapy that aims to restore the brain’s ability to ...

A new stem cell treatment could offer hope for people living with Parkinson’s - More than 1 million Americans live with the ...

Dopamine—a neurotransmitter responsible for influencing motivation, pleasure, mood and learning in the brain—has experienced ...

Being thoughtful about food choices can also help ensure your body produces and regulates dopamine properly. Dopamine is ...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than one million people in the United States, with approximately 90,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Although ...

A finding by a McGill-led team of neuroscientists could open doors to new treatments for a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders attributed to dysfunctions in specific dopamine pathways. For ...

When you are feeling hungry, the brain takes the necessary steps toward consuming a meal. Many of these steps are not well known, but a new study published in the journal Metabolism by researchers at ...

LOS ANGELES — Maybe you'd like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your ...

A combination of two drugs- one for smoking cessation and another for depression- appear to work synergistically to treat alcohol use disorder. The corresponding study was published in The Lancet ...