New research uncovers how dopamine in the ventral shell of the nucleus accumbens (vsNAc) governs the sexual behavior sequence ...

For the first time, researchers have directly observed dopamine release in the human brain during moments of cognitive ...

For the first time, scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility, according ...

Qi was able to show that another chemical messenger called acetylcholine can trigger dopamine release in the bird’s brain ...

But back in November, TikTok started to feel like a toxic relationship I couldn’t break free from. I’d open the app “for five ...

A study by Duke University neuroscientists uncovers the role of dopamine in guiding song learning in juvenile zebra finches.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have uncovered the neural mechanisms that regulate sequential male sexual behaviors through studies in male mice. Their findings reveal that acetylcholine neurons ...

Learn how Zebra finches' natural drive to learn their songs makes them masters of their craft - and what we can learn from ...

The pleasure we get from eating junk food—the dopamine rush from crunching down on salty, greasy French fries and a luscious ...

The pairing of dopamine and acetylcholine is the crux of the study. This paper represents a “landmark study that unravels the neural mechanisms governing sequential male sexual behaviors ...

A previously overlooked dopamine-producing brain circuit drives ... anti-obesity medications like GLP-1R agonists. However, the mechanisms that sustain the consummatory phase during hedonic ...

As the birds gradually mastered their tunes, the team also measured the level of dopamine released in the birds' basal ganglia, a part of the brain involved in learning new motor skills.