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Recent neuroscience research suggests that popular strategies to control dopamine are based on an overly narrow view of how it functions

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https://theconversation.com/dopamine-is-a-brain-chemical-famously-linked-to-mood-and-pleasure-but-researchers-have-found-multiple-types-of-dopamine-neurons-with-different-functions-211985

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Title
Dopamine is a brain chemical famously linked to mood and pleasure − but researchers have found multiple types of dopamine neurons with different functions
Authors
Kimberlee D'Ardenne
Published
Sep 18 2023
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1036 words

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  1. sparksbet
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    Ooh I'm excited to see future developments in the study of dopamine! I have ADHD so I've had the basics of how dopamine works edplained to me before (and thus I've rolled my eyes at trends like...

    Ooh I'm excited to see future developments in the study of dopamine! I have ADHD so I've had the basics of how dopamine works edplained to me before (and thus I've rolled my eyes at trends like "dopamine hacking" lol) but there's still so much that isn't known here and it's exciting to see us delving deeper into it.

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