"Dopamine" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 48 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Best Essays

    Attachment‚ commitment‚ intimacy‚ passion‚ grief from separation‚ and jealousy are but a few of the emotionally-loaded terms used by Dianne Santorelli’s article for the educational research to describe that feeling of which love represents. On the contrary‚ Maskowitz and Orgel states in the book‚ General Psychology‚ that love‚ hate‚ fear ‚ and anger are just some of the amazing varieties of feelings which appear to be related to the differential actions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches

    Premium Hypothalamus Love

    • 2939 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    Methamphetamine Essay

    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant that is most commonly known as crank‚ crystal meth‚ speed or ice and is used as a recreational drug. It is well known to be mostly abused usually through ingestion‚ snorting‚ injection‚ or smoking - due to the fairly easy nature of producing it (METHAMPHETAMINE). However‚ it does have some minor useful medical uses such as in therapeutic “treatment of narcolepsy and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)” (Methamphetamine drug profile)

    Premium Drug addiction Morphine Addiction

    • 479 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    There are many nice sensible people in the world. Sometimes when faced with certain situations some of the nicest people can do some of the worst things. When people do these awful things what do we blame? biology? or the situation the people are in? I personally choose biology. In the novel The Lord of The Flies‚ by William Golding‚ he writes about characters that are isolated after a plane crash. The setting is on a deserted island. The island only has pigs and young boys on it. The

    Premium

    • 445 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    cigarette smoking

    • 700 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Elimination of these would result in a fire safe cigarette‚ This subject has never been addressed by the cigarette manufacturers. substances trigger chemical reactions in nerve endings‚ which heighten heart rate‚ alertness‚[10] and reaction time.[11] Dopamine and endorphins are released‚ which are often associated with pleasure.[12] As of 2008 to 2010‚ tobacco is used by about 3 billion people (about 49% of men and 11% of women) with about 80% of this usage in the form of smoking.[13] The gender gap tends

    Premium Chemical reaction Cigarette Chemical substance

    • 700 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Abilify Case Study

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Disorder. It is available in 2‚ 5‚ 10‚ 15‚ 20 and 30mg tablets as well as a liquid non-refrigerated‚ 1mg/mL solution. It is taken once daily with or without food. Effectiveness Abilify works by modifying sensitivity to serotonin and dopamine levels in the brain. It is used

    Premium Antipsychotic Schizophrenia

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    best explained by the Dopamine Hypothesis for example. However‚ recent progression in Schizophrenia research emphasizes the importance of non-biological factors as well‚ such as environmental stressors. Thus a Diathesis-Stress model is generally accepted by many today. Schizophrenia is seen as a disease caused by the over-activity of dopamine receptors in the mesolimbic pathway i.e. the Dopamine Hypothesis (Richard Hall‚ 1998).This consequently increases the levels of dopamine in our brains‚ said

    Premium

    • 1957 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    the serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitter systems. Dopamine is a multifunction neurotransmitter participating in the regulation of mobility‚ learning‚ emotions‚ appetite‚ and positive reinforcing effects. Dopamine is also responsible for addiction development. Serotonin regulates sleep patterns‚ movement‚ appetite‚ sexuality and emotions. Studies show that Androgenic compounds (Synthetic hormones) such as Nandrolone‚ have been found to have direct activating functions for Dopamine and Serotonin release

    Premium Brain Nervous system Central nervous system

    • 456 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The direct and indirect pathways are circuits heavily involved in the regulation of movement. The direct pathway is thought to decrease inhibitory basal ganglia output (coming from the GPi/SNpr nuclei)‚ whereas the indirect pathway increases inhibitory basal ganglia output. Therefore one would expect the direct pathway to increase motor activity and movement and the indirect pathway to inhibit it. So‚ when the direct pathway is activated‚ cells in the striatum make inhibitory connections with cells

    Premium Neuron Brain Nervous system

    • 490 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Biological Level of Analysis: -Outlining the principles that define the BLA: What will be in this essay: 1. State what you will be talking about. 2. Define the BLA. 3. State the principles of BLA: -Behavior has physiological bases. -Behavior can be inherited -Behavior has evolutionary processes. -Animal studies give an insight into human behavior. 4. Purpose of the BLA 5. Bi-directional relationship in human behavior. 6. Reductionist approach. The writing part:

    Premium Psychology Brain Cognition

    • 1765 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    gym life

    • 466 Words
    • 2 Pages

    you don’t exercise. Lack of exercise can lead to low levels of Dopamine‚ Serotonin‚ and Endorphins. Dopamine‚ Serotonin‚ and Endorphins are naturally occurring chemicals in the human body. These chemicals mainly affect the emotional well being of a person. Dopamine affects brain processors. These processors control movement and emotional responses to different stimulus‚ such as pleasure or pain. Having the exact right amount of dopamine plays a crucial part in our physical and emotional health. Serotonin

    Premium Obesity Exercise Physical exercise

    • 466 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50