For decades it has been popular for its characteristic of decreasing mental and physical stress, improve your mood and increase cognitive performance as well as increase the levels of neurotransmitters dopamine and GABA. (fitnessandpower.com)
According to a 1997 article in Neurochemistry International, magnesium is considered to be an essential element for the pleasure neurotransmitter dopamine in the body. (theherbalspoon.com)
Participants listened to their songs of choice in a PET scanner, which detects the release of the feel - good neurotransmitter dopamine, and again in an fMRI scanner, which measures brain activity. (discovermagazine.com)