dopamine

Others, however, performed worse, especially when their estimated dopamine levels were high.

Although the accomplishment may be “low-hanging fruit,” you can still experience the benefit of dopamine, the reward neurochemical, she noted.

Certain neurotransmitters like norepinephrine and dopamine are related to those regions.

According to proponents of this model, sugar activates the pleasure center of the brain, releasing chemicals like dopamine, much like alcohol or illicit drugs do.

Others tapped dopamine—the main messenger for the brain’s reward system—to unite electricity and chemical computing into a semi-living computer.

The hypothalamus becomes super-charged, the dopamine sets to racing—to violins, the piano, anything.

Flooding your brain with dopamine and serotonin, it not only heightens feelings of euphoria, but empathy and love as well.

It is entirely clear that the dopamine system responds to physical activity.

Several lines of scientific evidence have begun to implicate genes that control dopamine.

And there is evidence that the reverse is true as well, that physical activity levels respond to the dopamine system.