Slow-Acting Dopamine Pathway May Explain How Bitter Tastes Become Cravings

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Slow-Acting Dopamine Pathway May Explain How Bitter Tastes Become Cravings

Habitual coffee intake may be a protective factor against Alzheimer’s disease; specifically, increased coffee consumption could contribute to slower cognitive decline potentially by slowing the rate of cerebral Aβ-amyloid accumulation, and in doing so, ameliorate the associated neurotoxicity from Aβ-amyloid-mediated oxidative stress and inflammatory processes. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have identified a slow dopamine signal that runs from the gut to the brain and teaches us to like foods that make us feel good.

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