Dopamine maintains hope and motivation for life. Inflammation-associated compounds disrupt dopamine release, causing apathy.

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Research shows that heavy porn consumption may dull the brain’s sensitivity to dopamine, the hormone tied to pleasure.

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Neuroscientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will investigate how obesity influences brain ...

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Serotonin neurons in the brainstem are not independent, as once thought, but interact to influence decision-making.

A new imaging study by the Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the ...