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    immersed in the feeling of happiness is so desirable and commonly searched for. The notion that humans crave a sensation so deeply is thought-provoking; how can one’s body create such a satisfying state that makes it so sought-after. Chemicals such as dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins are the key…

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    them in school and away from alcohol. The text “the science of thrill seeking,”is written by jennifer dignan,states, “it’s also possible that highly adventurous people are more sensitive to dopamine. dopamine, plays a role in people’s motivation.” this proves that the more risks you take, the more dopamine you produce because of the thrill in the risks.…

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    Dystonia Case Studies

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    Overview Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable muscle spasms that can occasionally be quite painful. Caused by incorrect brain signals, these spasms pull on muscles in such a way that the body starts to move in twisting repetitive movements or causes it to assume abnormal postures. The condition may affect a single area of the body, or it could cause issues in several places at once. In some cases, dystonia can impact the entire body. It is…

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    Science assignment A lot of young teens or adults experiment with heroin thinking, “I’ll try it once or twice. I can always stop.” But those who start down that road find it nearly impossible to turn back. Heroin is a drug that slows down the messages travelling between your brain and body which can also be classified as a depressant drug a depressant drug, or central depressant drug, is a very commonly used drug for pain relief or endogenous compound that lowers neurotransmission levels, which…

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    Parkinson's Vs Alzheimers

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    the patient. The cause of Parkinson’s is still unknown. Yet numerous researchers consider it to be possibly caused by genetic factors and environmental factors, such harmful toxins.13 The damage of dopamine neurons produces more mood changes and depression in patients with Parkinson’s because dopamine is a chemical that makes you anticipate happiness. While women are more at risk for Alzheimer’s, men are twice as likely as women to develop Parkinson’s…

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    Many people misunderstand the reasoning for a downhill in behaviour in the people who use and abuse drugs, dopamine is your answer. Dopamine is defined as a neurotransmitter which controls your movement, emotion, motivation and your feeling of pleasure. In other words, when there is an excessive number of stimuli released that responds to natural behaviour it produces euphoric…

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    discontinuing, or switching any implicated medications such antipsychotics (eg, haloperidol) or antiemetics (eg, metoclopramide). Patients with pituitary adenomas (prolactinomas) typically benefit from initial treatment with dopamine agonists such as Dostinex (cabergoline). Dopamine agonists are effective because they inhibit the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland. Patients who fail to respond to cabergoline may benefit from transsphenoidal surgery to remove the prolactinoma. This…

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    by this are dopamine systems, opioid systems, γ-aminobutyric acid systems, glutamate systems, and serotonin systems. Dopamine is the primary neurotransmitter involved in the reward pathway, which projects from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens. Alcohol enhances the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens. Acute alcohol intoxication leads to an incentive motivation as the firing of dopamine is decreased during withdrawal leading to a desire to drink to fire dopamine once…

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    Iron Deficiency Syndrome

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    tested motor behavior, sensory processing, social and cognitive skills of the monkey’s offspring They then developed 3 hypotheses about iron affecting dopamine (iron dependent enzyme), myelin (glial have a high need for iron), and hippocampal development. They conducted some brain and behavior assays and an impulsivity test and found that their dopamine hypothesis was not supported. Hippocampal development wasn’t brought up again because there wasn’t an actually hypothesis for it. They then…

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    this drug is dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for feelings of pleasure and euphoria. Euphoria is a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness. K2 affects dopamine because it affects your emotions. Since Spice is considered a depressant, which is a downer, it oftens makes you tired and simply 'down'. K2 increases the amount of dopamine released into your brain. The increase affects your movements, attention, and sometimes memory. Long-term K2 users affect the way their dopamine…

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