Dopamine levels in the brain come from "tonic" and "phasic" dopamine release. Tonic dopamine is the baseline level of ...

Your body releases dopamine in two ways: tonic and phasic. Tonic is your baseline level. It’s the amount always circulating ...

Dopamine neurons recorded in vivo are known to exhibit multiple functional activity states, including baseline tonic firing and phasic activation in response to salient stimuli. Phasic burst firing is ...