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‘Feel good’ brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

July 23, 2021 by

Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in the brain of mice. The study found that mice can willfully manipulate these random dopamine pulses for reward.

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