๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ
๐ผ๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐โ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ค๐ฅ๐, ๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ, ๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
Numerous labs across the world have shown that inflammation causes reduced motivation and anhedonia, a core symptom of depression, by affecting the brainโs reward pathways.
An Emory University study published in Natureโs Molecular Psychiatry shows levodopa, a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, has potential to reverse the effects of inflammation on brain reward circuitry, ultimately improving symptons of depression.
Past research conducted by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine has linked the effects of inflammation on the brain to decreased release of dopamine, a chemical neurotransmitter that regulates motivation and motor activity, in the ventral striatum.