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    Alcoholics increase dopamine receptors in the brain

    • Last Update: 2021-04-28
    • Source: Internet
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    A research team composed of Tohoku University in Japan announced that fruit fly experiments have shown that alcohol consumption will gradually increase because of the increase in receptors for the neurotransmitter "dopamine" in the brain that improves happiness and positivity.


    Drinking alcohol has the effect of activating dopamine.


    The research team's Assistant Professor Tohase Tohase of Tohoku University said: "The discovery that frequent drinking can increase dopamine receptors, which can cause behavioral changes, proves the causal relationship between the two.


    (Source for this column: Chen Chao, a Japanese correspondent compiled by the Japan Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology)

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