Sometimes dubbed the 'pleasure chemical', dopamine is often wildly misunderstood. Nikolay Kukushkin delves into what the much ...

Weight-loss injections - miracle solution for the millions unable to tackle excess weight by conventional means? Or sticking plaster medicine fraught with side effects?

This is part 4 of a 5-part series on modern perspectives on ADHD. Part 3, "Is ADHD Really a Disorder?" is available here. If a distinct population of individuals have something we describe as ADHD, ...

We often underestimate how much our morning rituals can set the tone for the rest of the day. When you prioritize activities that spark a natural dopamine release, you aren't just waking up — you're ...

A new study shows dopamine isn’t the brain’s movement “gas pedal” after all. Instead of setting speed or strength, it quietly enables movement in the background, much like oil in an engine. When ...

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson's disease treatments. Published in Nature ...

Dopamine neurons—the cells that drive reward and motivation while we're awake—become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new. The findings challenge ...

Robyn‘s new single “Dopamine” is all about questioning the cause of your happiness, the biological impulse of joy set to an upbeat melody, and that’s kind of a buzzkill. Luckily, when you hear Robyn ...

Robyn has been sending us warning shots suggesting the follow-up to 2018's Honey is imminent, and now she's given us what seems to be that new album's lead single. We don't know anything yet about the ...

At long last, Robyn has returned. The Swedish dance-pop genius is back with “Dopamine,” her first original solo single since 2018’s Honey. The buoyant song was produced by her longtime collaborator ...