Understanding Dopamine's Role in Parkinson's Disease
Links to other problems
Similarly, there are indicators that even the most common health problem like obesity is also linked to the alterations in this pathway. It has helped researchers in recent times to manage obesity with the help of pharmacological drugs in a better way. They have been able to come up with drugs that act on these dopaminergic neurons and help to control the appetite and pleasure gained from food.
Understanding the role of dopamine in the brain and the working of reward pathway is also helping researchers to uncover the mystery behind the psychiatric changes in diseases like Parkinson's.