We have long been told a simple story about reward: Dopamine is the "wanting" molecule that drives us toward goals, and opioids are the "liking" molecules that provide the hit of pleasure once we get ...

Research by the Technion has demonstrated that activation of the brain's reward system could boost recovery from a heart attack. The research, which was conducted at the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport ...

I was a third-year medical student at Northwestern on my ICU rotation the first time I saw a dopamine drip. The patient was pale and motionless, his blood pressure dropping by the minute despite large ...

Since the 1970s, the global trend of obesity has been steadily increasing, earning it the designation of a 21st-century epidemic. Obesity is the main risk factor for various serious health conditions, ...

A new study is challenging one of neuroscience’s most enduring ideas: that the brain’s reward system exists to make us feel good. Instead, researchers argue that it is built to optimize energy.