One of the key parts of ourselves that makes us who we are is our memory. Dopamine, a hormone oftentimes associated with happiness, satisfaction, or success, has a unique function in consolidating memory through the variety of processes and brain structures that are together known as the Dopaminergic System. Dopamine controls and tunes the activity of the Nuclei Accumbens, Putamen, Ventral Tegmental Area, and more and synchronizes them to allow for neurotransmitter-based learning. In this fast-facts episode, Edward reviews the Dopaminergic System's form and function, as well as the key features that make us who we are.

To create this episode, I used information provided by Arias-Carrión et al, 2010, which can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958859/


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