A groundbreaking clinical trial is testing whether specially engineered stem cells can help the brain restore its own dopamine production in people with Parkinson’s disease. Because the condition is ...

Study: Smartphone-based prediction of dopaminergic deficit in prodromal and manifest Parkinson’s disease. Image Credit: mozakim / Shutterstock.com Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative ...

Willeit and Sitte have found that serious health problems can arise if too little or too much dopamine is being self-produced. For example, if too few dopamine molecules are released and in ...

A couple of years ago, Jan Haavik was at a routine meeting of a research group that connects scientists studying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with people who live with the condition ...

Dopamine in the brain influences movement, learning, motivation and sleep. In humans, problems with dopamine are linked to conditions like Parkinson's disease, depression and sleep disorders. While ...

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While you may not realize it, whenever you are feeling a certain way a lot of your body’s hormones are at work. Whether it is anger, sadness, or happiness, hormones like cortisol and dopamine are at ...

When we learn a new motor skill—whether mastering a piano passage or refining balance while walking—the brain must reorganize ...

Iron, a common mineral (and, paradoxically, a common mineral deficiency in humans) is important to the brain and vital for normal brain development and human behavior. It is a key cofactor in the ...

For a long time we’ve been focusing on dopamine detoxes, but do we need more, not less, of the d-word? And could a dopamine defecit be the real culprit behind treatment-resistant depression, asks Emma ...