Dopamine – a brain chemical associated with reward – appears to prompt people to move faster when they want something, researchers recently reported in the journal Science Advances.

Surprise rewards may boost movement speed, hinting that dopamine signals in the brain help control motivation and physical vigor.

BOSTON-- Researchers from Harvard Medical School have found a molecule that is unexpectedly involved in dopamine signaling, and in a manner that supports the potential of dopamine as an alternative ...

Researchers found that reward prediction errors-linked to dopamine release-boosted movement speed within 220 milliseconds. The subtle effect may offer new ways to study motor changes in Parkinson’s ...

Unexpected rewards boost movement speed within 220 milliseconds, revealing how dopamine-linked reward prediction shapes human motion and offering a potential biomarker for brain disorders.

– ALTO-207 (fka CTC-501) is a fixed-dose combination of pramipexole and ondansetron designed to induce rapid antidepressant effects while mitigating dose-limiting adverse events of pramipexole – – ...

If you've heard of two of the brain's chemical neurotransmitters, it's probably dopamine and serotonin. Never mind that glutamate and GABA do most of the work - it's the thrill of dopamine as the ...

When we learn a new motor skill—whether mastering a piano passage or refining balance while walking—the brain must reorganize ...