Dopamine—the Pleasure Hormone
DOPAMINE—THE PLEASURE HORMONE We subscribe to Pandora Music and every few days change stations so we can listen to newer artists we wouldn’t usually dial up. This week I heard the 20-year-old Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish sing her song “Oxytocin,” in which one of the lines is: “You know I need you for the oxytocin.” Well, it made me wonder what the heck is oxytocin; is it one of the drugs we should stay away from because it’s addictive? I found out that it’s actually one of several “feel-good hormones.” Now, I wanted to know more about these jovial...