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Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards (news.northwestern.edu)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We've known this for a long time. Dopamine neuron loss is the main cause of Parkinson's disease, after all. But this study is the first to show definitively the function of dopamine in motor neuron control.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Exactly, one of my favorite aspects of science is regardless how apparent something may seem, statistically significant data or it didn't happen. We actually don't understand the entire mechanism behind fever or Tylenol, which is pretty wild to me!