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

a year ago by cm0002 to c/science

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…

Neuromancer49 44 points a year 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.

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p03locke 20 points a year ago

But the news article mischaracterizes it.

I feel the need to somehow combine these two images.

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remotelove 5 points a year ago

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

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ushmel 1 point a year ago

Idk, cocaine has been around for a while

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henfredemars 10 points a year 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.

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adespoton 8 points a year ago

Once believed by whom?

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Quadhammer 4 points a year ago

People who do it alot

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Big_Boss_77 -1 points a year ago

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

FTFY

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