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Brain breakthrough: Dopamine doesn't work at all like we thought it did (newatlas.com)

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I studied parts of the basal ganglia, part of the dopaminergic circuits of motor control. I'm not sure if it's a poorly written (news) article or the scientist was overstating his position - I don't know any neuroscientists who think dopamine is "sprayed" across the brain.

Edit: The paper is a breakthrough because it's reporting the first-ever direct imaging of dopamine signaling. But the news article mischaracterizes it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't go for your weekly dopamine sprays? It's totally the new thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Idk, cocaine has been around for a while

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