An international team of researchers has found evidence of dopamine in the brain playing a role in the pleasure people feel when they listen to music. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes experiments they carried out with volunteers who were given a dopamine precursor or antagonist...
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UTSA uncovers the disconnect between the brain’s dopamine system and cocaine addiction
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO (San Antonio, Jan. 10, 2019) — Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio have revealed significant insight into cocaine addiction, a phenomenon which has grown significantly in the United States since 2015. Now new data by UTSA shows how the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine changes when...
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Parkinson’s Disease at a cellular level: Recent research
Parkinson’s disease affects around one million people in the US and between seven and ten million worldwide. In people with Parkinson’s disease, the neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die off. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, a chemical that helps send messages in the brain. It is involved in many functions such as movement, reward,...
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Bacteriophages: Are they an overlooked driver of Parkinson’s disease?
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the New York-based Human Microbiology Institute have discovered the role certain bacteriophages may play in the onset of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The research is presented at ASM Microbe, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held from June 7th to June 11th in Atlanta, Georgia. The researchers, led by...
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Your Brain cells could be Reprogrammed to Fight Parkinson’s Disease
In Brief Researchers have reprogrammed existing brain cells in mice into dopamine neurons to reduce their symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This novel approach could be used to treat Parkinson’s disease with stem cells which are not transplanted but induced from patients’ own brain cells. Support cells turned super cells Parkinson’s disease is one of the...