A new study shows dopamine isn’t the brain’s movement “gas pedal” after all. Instead of setting speed or strength, it quietly ...

A research team led by McGill University has taken a close look at a long-standing idea about Parkinson’s disease and found ...

A new study in Nature Neuroscience identifies a biological mechanism that explains why repeated experiences become less ...

Explore dopamine's role in movement and how it challenges long-standing theories about motor control and Parkinson's disease ...

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how ...

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how ...

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how ...

Image by Nicolas Tritsch [Fluorescence microscopy image of dopamine-producing neurons (green) in the midbrain of a mouse].

Purpose: Six non-ergot dopamine -receptor agonists (NEDAs), including pramipexole extended-release (ER), pramipexole immediate-release (IR), rotigotine patch, piribedil, ropinirole prolonged-release ...

A new study shows that in patients with intermediate nonneovascular age-related macular degeneration, levodopa treatment is ...

Sugar cravings naturally reduce as people grow older. This happens not just because of food preferences but also biological and lifestyle changes. Here's understanding how this change takes place and ...

Midbrain neurons are susceptible to energy shortages as they age, which may explain their degeneration in Parkinson’s disease ...