In the meantime, it’s clear that the chemistry of happiness — and anger, sleep and addictions — just got more complicated.
Are You Happy? You Might Have Hypocretin to Thank
As prolific as the recent research on dopamine has been, neuroscientists have long recognized that all of the subtle varieties of human happiness couldn’t possibly be embodied in a single brain chemical, especially one that is also released under severe stress.Move over dopamine, there’s a new “pleasure” molecule that could broaden our understanding of the chemistry of joy, laughter, addiction and even anger./.../
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