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Dopamine takes a hit: how neuroscience is rethinking the ‘feel-good’ chemical

Source: NatureView Original
scienceMarch 17, 2026

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Animation: Fabio Buonocore

When neuroscientists gather in the Spanish city of Seville in May for the annual Dopamine Society meeting, one discussion could be unusually lively. Session 31 will feature a debate between researchers who fundamentally disagree about the role dopamine has in the brain.

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