Serotonin and Dopamine: A Primerby
Dirk H.
The Molecules of Reward
Serotonin and dopamine are part of a group of compounds called... that are potentially rewarding. Even in the absence of any possibility of reward--on a desert island, in a rehab clinic--dopamine...
Dopamine: why "just one bite" doesn't workby
DiseaseProof
of reward pathways (including the dopamine system) in the brain
Many of us have had the experience.... These feelings originate from the dopaminereward system – dopamine is a neurochemical that regulates motivation...
Stuck on ... dopamineby
Jason Schwartz, LMSW
have shown that the dopaminereward pathway is also extremely active when people are forced to eat something disgusting, or...
In attempting to explain attention and ADHD, Jonah Lehrer explains dopamine's salience function...
Food Addiction and Dopamineby
Dirk H.
in the form of sugar depends upon sugar's drug-like effect on the dopamine-rich reward center known...-cal sweeteners did not result in a similar dopamine boost along the reward pathways of the brain.
The brain...
Dopamine at a 2,000 Foot Elevationby
Jeff H.
For most ADD’ers, the lack of dopamine the brain produces is a challenge. I’ve posted about this many times. Dopamine is at the core of our sexual drives and survival needs, and it motivates...
Fibromyalgia, Dopamine and Gray Matterby
awesome
is that fibromyalgia patients produce less dopamine in the areas of the brain that process pain.
Dopamine... and cognition, voluntary movement, motivation and reward, sleep, mood, attention, and learning.
The study...
Dopamine and Obesityby
Dirk H.
Overeating, drug abuse, and the D2 receptor.
A genetic variation in the dopamine D2 receptor... University and the University of Texas have used brain scans to show that a dopamine-rich structure called...
Dopamine Dopamine is a chemical in the brain that is thought to be affected by ADHD. This neurotransmitter is involved in the brain's regulation of emotion and movement.
For more information:
Genetic Factors of ADHD
Eileen Baileycrap
Low Motivation in Schizophrenia Linked to Biochemical Rewards System
involving the use of a simple reaction time experiment, suggests that variations in the dopamine function of the brain holds the key to both an explanation for low motivation and a possible treatment.
Dopamine... reward system. Any dysfunction in the reward system could explain low motivation and other symptoms...crap