Category Archives: Sober living

The Connection Between Alcohol and Dopamine

Content About this article GABA Type B GPCRs in AUD FC mediation of AB Is moderate drinking heart-healthy? Alcohol and your mood: the highs and lows of drinking Early animal models have shown that injection of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in the ventricle or in other brain regions destroys dopaminergic neurons. Transcription factors often form […]

Motivation Cognitive Dissonance, Self-Perception, Expectancy-Value

Van Veen, Krug, Schooler, and Carter (2009) investigated the neural mechanisms underlying such attitude change processes, using an experimental paradigm called induced compliance (Festinger & Carlsmith, 1959). While inside an fMRI scanner, participants were asked to tell yet-to-be-tested participants outside the room that they enjoyed performing the boring task in the uncomfortable scanner environment. In […]