THE POWER OF A LOVE SONG: SCIENTISTS FIND DOPAMINE AFFECTS SEASONAL HEARING IN FISH AND FACILITATES MATING

Many people associate dopamine with reward or attention. Some might think of the part it plays in addiction, or Parkinson’s disease, which kills off dopamine-making neurons. Now scientists at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and Brooklyn College have discovered yet another role for this neurotransmitter, in the social communication between plainfin midshipman fish.
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