{"id":544520,"date":"2026-07-11T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/544520\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T13:40:11","slug":"chinese-teams-wearable-dopamine-patch-could-be-used-to-track-depression-parkinsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/544520\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese team\u2019s wearable dopamine patch could be used to track depression, Parkinson\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists in northeast China say they have developed a \u201crapid and ultrasensitive\u201d wearable dopamine sensor to monitor levels of the critical neurotransmitter.<\/p>\n

The smart patch could potentially be used for at-home tracking of conditions such as Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a> and depression<\/a>, according to the research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences\u2019 Shenyang Institute of Automation.<\/p>\n

They said the patch \u2013 which uses microscopic needles to test fluid just beneath the skin \u2013 was painless and monitored dopamine levels in real time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe innovation opens up entirely new technological pathways for the continuous monitoring of neurotransmitters, making early screening for neurological diseases and smart, at-home health management closer to reality,\u201d the scientists wrote in the August issue of peer-reviewed journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.<\/p>\n

Dopamine<\/a> is a neurotransmitter that is essential for normal neural function and mental health. Low or high levels of dopamine are associated with neurological conditions including Parkinson\u2019s disease and depression.<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2013 which causes symptoms such as tremors and movement problems \u2013 is believed to be caused when the brain cannot produce enough dopamine because the nerve cells that make it stop working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scientists in northeast China say they have developed a \u201crapid and ultrasensitive\u201d wearable dopamine sensor to monitor levels…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[230993,1384,230994,1853,32646,103,71634,61,60,3262,5698,225763,230995,1178,230997,230992,230996],"class_list":["post-544520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-biosensors-and-bioelectronics","tag-chinese-academy-of-sciences","tag-cmco-s","tag-depression","tag-dopamine","tag-health","tag-hydrogel","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-parkinsons-disease","tag-shanghai","tag-shenyang","tag-shenyang-institute-of-automation","tag-skin","tag-spinal-cord","tag-tremors","tag-wearable-dopamine-sensor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}