- Your genes affect your betting behavior: Researchers have shown that betting decisions in a simple competitive game are influenced by the specific variants of dopamine-regulating genes in a person's brain http://www.mdconnects.com/articles/1804/20140616/genes-affect-betting-behavior.htm 3 comments science
- Changing the serotonin levels in crickets makes them less active and less aggressive. But changing the dopamine levels of crickets did not change their behavior. These results raise the issue of how increasing levels of pharmaceuticals leaking into nature through our wastewater may affect animals. https://liu.se/en/news-item/lakemedel-for-manniskor-paverkar-syrsors-beteende 4 comments science
- Researches uncovered how dopamine in the cerebellum modulates social behaviors via its action on D2 receptors (D2R): changes in D2R levels in a specific cerebellar cell type, the Purkinje cells, alter sociability and preference for social novelty without affecting motor functions https://presse.inserm.fr/en/researchers-described-how-the-cerebellum-modulates-our-ability-to-socialize/45426/ 28 comments science