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What is the transmitter in the mesolimbic system?
dopamine
Schizophrenia is thought to occur when a person has overactivity within this particular neurotransmitter system?
Dopamine is most involved in schizophrenia.
How does the extra dopamine released during drug use affect the brain?
Dopamine is commonly referred to when discussing the rewards system of the brain. This neurotransmitter is responsible for acting as the system for the brain. Thus when extra dopamine is released during drug usage, it causes a positive association with the drug to be formed. In short: More dopamine = more drive to recreate the experience
Is dopamine converted into norepinephrine within the central nervous system?
yes
Why is it so hard to quit smokin weed?
Marijuana stimulates the reward system in your brain, which releases the "feel good" chemical, dopamine. Having been rewarded repeated by the marijuana your body comes to expect it, making it depressing not to have dopamine in your system regularly. Exercise is a good way to get dopamine naturally.
What is the pleasure center in the brain?
Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens is tied with pleasure and dopamine. All drug addiction targets this center of the brain.
The brain reward system describes how?
the release of dopamine causes pleasure, reinforcing a behavior.
What fat-soluble substance is converted to dopamine in the brain?
Dopamine functions as a neurotransmitter activating dopamine receptors, and is essential to the normal functioning of the central nervous system. Dopamine has many functions, the most important being the central reward system (mesolimbic brain) and in controlling and coordinating movement. It is produced from L-tyrosine, a non-essential amino acid, which is converted into L-DOPA by the enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase. L-DOPA is then converted to dopamine by the enzyme DOPA decarboxylase. L-DOPA is the precursor to dopamine and is given as medication to people suffering from diseases such as Parkinson's Disease because, unlike dopamine, L-DOPA is more fat-soluble, and, as such, can cross the blood-brain barrier.
What is dopatone?
Dopatone is a dietary supplement which helps to increase the level of dopamine in your system. Dopamine is a natural body chemical which give us our basic good feeling inside. When the level of Dopamine is lowered, it give us a uneasy feeling,anixety,depression etc.
Would hurting myself increase dopamine Like small cuts or burns Pain releases dopamine right?
No, self harm has not been shown to cause effects on the dopamine/reward system nor on the opioid-receptor system. It may have an an effect on the serotonin system, but this is not shown in any established study. Any imagined relief from psychic problems resulting in self-harm is almost certainly is psychic.
What is the law of conservation of change?
states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves
When dopamine levels are this reward pathway reinforces the use of the drug.?
Dopamine is neurotransmitter produced naturally by the brain's pleasure and reward center (limbic system). Dopamine is produced natural when u are eating ice cream, exercising or watching your favorite movie. What illegal drugs or antidepressants do is that they cause an abnormal production of dopamine in the brain which causes the natural dopamine producing site to eventually stop dopamine production. The drug user will now be subservient on the drug to him or her happy(addiction).
