Tag: neurotransmitter
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June 13, 2006 01:41 PM EDT --
Determined to do something for myself other than Gathering and working, this morning I went for a run.
My footfalls fell like a thud on the road in the early morning mist.
My legs felt like mountains . . . more
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April 22, 2006 12:46 PM EDT --
Shown here is a neuron. There is another class of cell in the brain called glia. The glia support the neurons and are very important.
Shown here is a synapse. . . . more
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December 21, 2007 07:48 AM EST --
Depression is a medical illness that involves your thoughts, mood, and body. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things.
Common . . . more
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December 21, 2007 07:50 AM EST --
Major depression is a serious medical illness affecting 10 to 14 million adults. It involves disturbances in mood, concentration, sleep, activity level, interests, appetite, and social behavior. Depression . . . more
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December 21, 2007 07:52 AM EST --
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers of the nervous system, essential for relaying signals within the brain and communicating with all organ systems of the body.
A neurotransmitter imbalance . . . more
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December 21, 2007 07:53 AM EST --
The brain and body's communication system bears some significant resemblance to the physical world's communication system. As in the case of other communication systems, there are some designated . . . more
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January 17, 2007 09:06 AM EST --
Introduction
There is a theory that serotonin is abnormal in depression. This theory is favored by Dr. Hugh Riordan, an orthomolecular doctor. Although I favor orthomolecular medicine, I do not . . . more
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September 23, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
I first met Mr. Stevenson, a painter, in the fall of 2... when he came to my private practice for a psychiatric consultation. He was then 61 years old, and he was having trouble with his wife, Nelly. He . . . more
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June 03, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
Introduction
There are many theories of schizophrenia, and some of these have ben proven wrong. There are some variations on the glutamate theory. One variation is that the glutamate receptors . . . more
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September 04, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
Most images courtesy of Society for Neuroscience
I am writing this in a style that some children might understand...
characterization of neurons in the brain
Scientists say that fifteen or less billion . . . more
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August 04, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
To the frustration of a few, generally I will consider economics from the anthropological perspective of natural selection, finding those who are frustrated as having misunderstood the term "wealth." . . . more
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August 11, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
I often hear agnostics and others criticize anyone intelligent who "surrenders" him or herself to a particular "faith" - a particular lineage of spiritual practice to evoke the "Self" . . . more
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