For now, she recommends a familiar but proven alternative: exercise, which not only releases dopamine but seems to increase the number of receptors over time.

Well, that’s good news. Apparently people who have overeating problems and drug addiction problems both lack in dopamine receptors (the whole point of the article quoted above, really), but the good news for them and everyone else is you can grow new Dopamine receptors. Yeah, you remember how they used to tell us you’re born with X amount of braincells, and it’s all downhill from there? Ignorant savages. Might as well have been studying brains with a pair of rocks and a hacksaw.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 10:09.