Exempel på dopamine

• Again, they looked at the amount of dopamine. 

• Also, the brain made more dopamine. 

• Cells in our brains create a chemical called dopamine, which helps control muscles. 

• Dopamine is a chemical that gives us a good feeling. 

• In many cases, there was as much dopamine created with the placebo as with the medicine. 

• Parkinson’s disease is interesting for placebo researchers because the amount of dopamine created by the brain can be measured by brain scans. 

• Then, the doctors measured the amount of dopamine in the patients’ brains. 

• To help people with Parkinson’s disease, scientists are developing medicines that cause the brain to make more dopamine.