The brain-chemical surge that comes with running may bolster coordination and speed in the old and young alike, a new study ...

Our brain's reward system processes and reinforces pleasurable experiences, motivating us to seek out and engage in rewarding activities ranging from eating to social interactions to recreational drug ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Columbia University and the University of San Francisco, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which dopamine, a key brain chemical vital for movement ...

The question of putative mechanisms of action continues to haunt psychopharmacology. Put simply, we know these drugs work, but we have very little idea how. We make guesses based on the neurochemical ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to a potentially first-in-class psychotropic agent with a completely different mechanism of ...

The brain-chemical surge that comes with running may bolster coordination and speed in the old and young alike, a new study ...