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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 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] 20 points 1 day ago

But the news article mischaracterizes it.

I feel the need to somehow combine these two images.

[–] [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 22 hours ago

Idk, cocaine has been around for a while

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons. The discovery turns a century-old view of dopamine on its head and could transform how we treat everything from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to Parkinson’s disease.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

People who do it alot

[–] Big_Boss_77 3 points 1 day ago

Brain breakthrough: Dopamine doesn't work ~~at all like we thought it did~~

FTFY