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Brain breakthrough: Dopamine doesn't work at all like we thought it did (newatlas.com)

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[–] bobbyfiend@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, that's always been more or less the case. However, the brain's uptake/use of neurotransmitters like Dopamine has been understood for decades to have at least some specificity to it. We always knew we were shooting flies with shotguns, though.

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