How Dopamine Works

Food-seeking learning is driven by dopamine, a neurotransmitter connected with motivation.

This is a hormone that is stimulated in the brain when your body does something rewarding, such as eating. Dopamine is one of the chemical signals that passes information between neurons to tell your...

Many things could cause low dopamine levels. some of them include: 

• Medical conditions: Some medical conditions have been linked to low dopamine levels. 
• Poor diet: Eating a diet that doesn’t contain adequate nutrients for optimal brain health ...

• There is a baseline level of dopamine circulating in your brain and body all the time (important for how you feel generally) - tonic release of dopamine
• You can experience peaks dopamine above baseline - phasic release of dopamine