The finding is of interest because dopamine levels are sharply increased by addictive drugs like cocaine.
So can buproprion, an antidepressant drug that increases dopamine levels.
Cocaine dependence is associated with depleted dopamine levels in the central nervous system.
He then showed that giving animals the drug reserpine caused a decrease in dopamine levels and a loss of movement control.
M. pruriens has been shown to improve dopamine levels in rats.
Because dopamine levels fall naturally with age, it's unclear what will happen to these people 30 years from now.
High dopamine levels may be related to the "high" people experience early in a love affair.
Sometimes doctors prescribe other drugs that affect dopamine levels in the brain.
This reflects a dopamine level that is too low to trigger psychosis.
It is able to increase dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens.