Feel-good hormone helps jog memory, finds study of seniors
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
The feel-good hormone dopamine improves long-term memory. Neuroscientists investigated test subjects ranging in age from 65 to 75 years, who were given a precursor of dopamine. Treated subjects performed better in a memory test than a comparison group, who had taken a placebo.