Many animals, including humans, can flexibly modulate their responsiveness to sounds according to different situations. This ...

Exercise regularly: Physical activity is a powerful way to boost dopamine, along with other feel good neurotransmitters like ...

While some of the proposed behaviors are positive — such as exercising and eating healthy — scientists have long warned that ...

Dopamine is one of the most extensively studied chemical messengers in the human brain, and yet scientists are still figuring out how it works to accomplish so much. For years, the classic view has ...

The antidepressant known as bupropion (Wellbutrin) may not be the best antidepressant for everyone, but for people ...

Nighttime caffeine increases impulsive behavior in a new study. Timing, not just dose, alters brain function via dopamine.

This study provides novel and convincing evidence that both dopamine D1 and D2 expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell are crucial for the expression of cue-guided action selection, a ...

An early-stage clinical trial in France appeared to help restore some brain function for three Parkinson's patients. View on ...

Hypoxia may be a promising therapy path to address Parkinson's neurodegeneration caused by excessive oxygen levels in the brain.

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne died following his battle with a genetic form of Parkinson's disease, while a brain expert says the singer's lifestyle could have contributed.