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

Mary Schneider and Alexander Converse, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led an interdisciplinary study to explore ...

Alcohol exposure before birth may quietly set the brain on a path toward risky drinking decades later.

New in JNeurosci, Mary Schneider and Alexander Converse, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led an interdisciplinary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If there’s one name that dominates the wellness space right now, it’s Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. The Stanford neuroscientist and host ...

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 ...

Our brains are not static objects — they adapt and reorganize to the ebb and flow of new information, sensations, and even physical trauma. But when this impressive neuroplasticity is impaired, it can ...

A 20-year–long rhesus monkey study suggests that prenatal alcohol exposure changes aspects of dopamine systems in offspring that influence how quickly they drink alcohol in adulthood.

Dopamine is trending as the most popular neurotransmitter. And why not? There are days I think it rules the world or at least the day–to-day activities of my friends and family. The craving you have ...

We've all been there. You glance at Instagram (or your Twitter feed, or your LinkedIn feed, or Facebook, or your newspaper app). You look at the first entry and then the next, and then swipe with your ...

These feel-good activities aren’t just fun—they also support brain health and emotional well-being.