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Fruit Fly Study Finds Addiction-Linked Dopamine Mechanism Drives Natural Fatigue

Published in Nature Neuroscience, the work identifies D2 receptor desensitization as the switch that devalues repeated behavior in male flies.

Semaglutide Curbs Cocaine Use and Relapse-Seeking in Rats, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Study Links Depressive Symptoms to Difficulty Learning Active Avoidance

Acute and Chronic Stress Drive Different Behaviors in Rats, With Marked Sex Differences

Oxytocin Sustains Prosocial Behavior Only in Socially Motivated Monkeys

Modern Humans Experienced Two Rounds of Selection on a Brain Enzyme

Dopamine Neurons Chart Two-Dimensional Reward Maps and Multi-Timescale Learning

Engineered Fruit Flies Exhibit Cocaine Addiction, Paving Path to New Therapies