TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT · CHAPTER 13

The Immune Messenger

Name: Your Immune Cells Can Hear Dopamine | The Dopamine Brain, Chapter 13
Uploaded: 2026-09-18T07:42:18-07:00
Duration: 9 min 10 s
Description: I filed this work away as a curiosity the first time I read it, and I was wrong. Every one of your white blood cells carries dopamine receptors, and they build the molecule themselves. Here is what that conversation does in real disease, and the one cheap blood test I can order this week because of it.

I filed this work away as a curiosity the first time I read it, and I was wrong. Every one of your white blood cells carries dopamine receptors, and they build the molecule themselves. Here is what that conversation does in real disease, and the one cheap blood test I can order this week because of it.

13 pages · 20 references, every one verified · written by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP

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