The concept of dopamine fasting has surged in popularity, particularly in high-performance environments like Silicon Valley. Proponents claim that temporarily abstaining from pleasurable activities ...
LOS ANGELES — Maybe you'd like to spend time on hobbies or hang out with friends, but nothing feels as exciting and engaging as it used to –– so you just squander another hour on social media. Your ...
People on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic aren't just losing weight — they're spontaneously seeking out exercise, and neuroscientists believe the drugs are recalibrating the brain's reward system in ways ...
Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth is ...
A TechGYD feature highlights Dr. Gregory Duhon explaining how fitness apps influence dopamine, motivation, discipline, ...
Love isn't just poetry, it's neurobiology. Dopamine fuels desire and reward, oxytocin strengthens bonding and trust, and ...
Dopamine is trending as the most popular neurotransmitter. And why not? There are days I think it rules the world or at least the day–to-day activities of my friends and family. The craving you have ...
However, the opioid pathway, a heavily studied physiologic pathway inextricably intertwined with behaviour and reward, rarely receives attention within psychiatric practice. Although the opioid system ...