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[-] [email protected] 41 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

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] 18 points 21 hours ago

But the news article mischaracterizes it.

I feel the need to somehow combine these two images.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Idk, cocaine has been around for a while

[-] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

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 23 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

People who do it alot

[-] [email protected] -1 points 21 hours ago

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

FTFY

this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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