Sentences with phrase «brain chemicals such»

Here's the real problem: the chronic stress that burns through your happy brain chemicals such as serotonin, the neurotransmitter that supports your mood, sleep, and appetite.

This is what I see with many of my anxious clients: not eating enough protein, excessive sugar consumption and low blood sugar causing anxiety / irritability, social anxiety or pyroluria, gluten intolerance, caffeine consumption, poor digestion, low levels of brain chemicals such as serotonin and GABA and lifestyle factors like lack of sleep.

Researchers have found that practicing yoga may boost mood - lifting brain chemicals such as gamma - aminobutyric acid (or GABA).

I barked at my kids and ran low on feel - good brain chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine, which excess cortisol depletes over time.

Chronic inflammation permanently activates the glial cells, setting off a cascade of problems: • Reduced production of brain chemicals such as serotonin, dopamine and GABA.

It is believed that Rhodiola's beneficial properties stem from its ability to influence the activities and levels of brain chemicals such as serotonin and norepinephrine as well as the natural «feel good» hormones such as beta - endorphins.

You've probably heard that depression and other mental health issues are based on a lack of brain chemicals such as serotonin and GABA.

Yoga and meditation can boost * levels of the feel - good brain chemicals such as GABA, serotonin and dopamine, which are responsible for feelings of relaxation, contentedness, and the way the brain processes rewards and enjoyment.

We can measure it in brain chemicals such as serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, and dopamine.

His research has revealed that brain chemicals such as oxytocin and vasopressin regulate the neural processing of social information and promote the formation of social bonds by acting in specific neural pathways.

Not exact matches

«There is conclusive evidence that intentional or accidental exposure to e-liquids» — the chemicals in the vaping cartridge that, when heated, release the aerosolized inhalant of nicotine and perhaps one of 7,700 flavors — «can result in adverse health effects such as seizures, anoxic brain injury, vomiting, and lactic acidosis.»

According to acclaimed author Steven Kotler, during periods of flow, your brain secrets a healthy dose of pleasure - feeling chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine.

Love is product of our brain chemicals reacting that we chose to define as such, we understand it well.

next, in order to make identification easier, these subhumans should be required to wear an identification badge on their clothing, say a pink triangle... If society is going to feed these animals they should be put to productive work in their compounds, a cheerful slogan would help to keep up their morale... say» work will make you free»... Finally I disagree with the good pastor regarding the time it would take for this subculture to die out... God gave us brains for a reason... I believe there exists a chemical, zyklon b or some such that would be helpful in this regard...

If we could but restore or bring about the normal functioning of brain cells and nerve tissues, as well as their own subsidiary chemical activity in such cases, then mental life would come flooding back in fullness and richness.

The research shows that the portion of the brain that helps regulate sexuality — the hypothalamus — reacted the exact same way in straight women and gay men when exposed to male pheromones, which are chemicals designed to provoke a behavior, such as sexual arousal.

And for anyone who suspects that hemp brownies are truly a throwback to the 60s, let me say, first of all, that the hemp seeds in these are the edible kind, so you are not ingesting any mind - altering chemicals whatsoever here (unless you count the flood of serotonins in the brain due to their heavenly taste); and second of all, hemp is not the same thing as hash, and of course the classic hippie confection was a hash brownie; and third of all, how the heck would I even know, because I never did manage to consume any of the latter, even in my undergrad days, because I am such a nerd that nobody ever offered me any, and hash brownies never appealed to me, anyway — I mean, why sully your chocolate with psychedelic drugs?

When sugar enters the bloodstream and reaches the brain, it temporarily increases calming neuro - chemicals, such as serotonin.

Researchers suspect that it works directly in the brain to disrupt the addictive power of nicotine by affecting the same chemical messengers in the brain, such as the neurotransmitter dopamine, as nicotine does.

What's more, the gene codes for a chemical receptor involved in many brain functions, such as learning and memory, so the gene might also be involved in behavioral disorders.

It may also ultimately inform the methods that will be used for producing large quantities of cells for therapeutic use and other applications such as the high - throughput screening of chemicals for brain toxicity or therapeutics.

Scientific studies suggest that chemicals in fish can alter how the brain and reproductive system of a fetus or child develops, or raise the risk of diseases such as cancer later in life.

Using chemicals like these in combination with new imaging tools, such as the multi-photon confocal microscope, has enabled researchers to explore the minuscule world of the neuron and observe brain cells in action with far more precision.

Unfortunately, such chemicals are used widely throughout the brain and body for different functions, leading to unwanted side effects.

With rare exceptions, no one has been able to trace parasomnias to an obvious problem, such as an anatomical fault or chemical imbalance in the brain.

In the absence of pain, morphine interferes with normal body function and is viewed as a pathogen, activating the brain's innate immune cells and causing the release of inflammatory chemicals such as cytokines.

He also explores the flawed tactics we currently use to treat addiction and proposes alternative strategies, such as correcting the brain's chemical imbalance and addressing the emotional urge to self - medicate, which together may prove more effective.

Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the major complications of cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and a leading cause of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption of toxins, such as ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types of medication used to reduce the likelihood of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the use of the above - mentioned standard of care treatment.

«In addition, we studied AAA - derived metabolites because AAAs can give rise to a variety of bioactive chemicals, such as salicylic acid, an anti-inflammatory compound, and serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter, obviously important in proper brain function,» said Lee.

Tony and his clientele admit to taking stronger «smart drugs» than those he's selling tonight, drugs such as piracetam (which supposedly boosts levels of acetylcholine in the brain), hydergine and propanolol (both said to work by increasing blood flow through the brain), L - Dopa (a chemical precursor of the neurotransmitter dopamine), phenytoin, vasopressin, deprenyl, the list seems almost endless.

They found that germ - free mice broke down brain chemicals associated with anxiety, such as noradrenaline and dopamine, faster than did the other mice.

This response shows that morphine and other opiates mimic the effects of neurotransmitters (brain chemicals) such as endorphins that are naturally produced in the brain to stimulate feeding behaviors.

Experiments done in rats hint that specific chemical messengers in the brain, such as dopamine and endocannabinoids, may have a role in the pleasure of play.

Since cocaine changes the level of the brain chemical dopamine, this new study may have implications for other mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia — where dopamine may also be involved in how we recognise emotions.

Johnson explains how chemical processes in the brain are associated with such emotions as pleasure, affection, and fear, but we do not learn whether the chemicals control the emotions or express them.

To find out why these gut cells release such large amounts of a brain chemical, David Julius at the University of California, San Francisco, and his team have been studying mini-intestines grown from mouse cells in the lab.

Prozac and its ilk quickly alter levels of chemicals such as serotonin in the brain, but they typically take weeks to ease depression symptoms.

Likewise, mouse microglia bioengineered to lack EP2 vastly outperformed unaltered microglia, in A-beta-challenged brains, at such critical tasks as secreting recruiting chemicals and factors beneficial to nerve cells and in producing inflammation - countering, rather than inflammation - spurring, proteins.

The technique might thus be used as a chemical screening platform for treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, as well as brain trauma, explains Chen.

Others, biochemists, have been saying that it may be a toxic state that absorption of chemicals such as opioid, peptides, morphine like substances from the gut that you and I produce in our diet from milk and wheat, are actually getting access through that leaky gut into the developing brain.

Scientists suspect that it inhibits the chemical signals within the brain that convey pleasure when people use drugs such as alcohol or nicotine.

Once tyrosine hits your brain, it increases other important alertness chemicals such as dopamine and noradrenalin (chemicals also known as catecholamines).

Some believe that chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters such as substance P, seratonin, and dopamine) or hormones like cortisol may be at abnormal levels.

Good Carbs Slow - burning carbs (found in foods such as whole grains, legumes, and starchy vegetables) help your brain make serotonin, a mood - boosting chemical that has been detected at low levels in people with depression, says Khalsa.

In ways that drugs of abuse — such as nicotine, cocaine and heroin — hijack the brain's reward pathway and make users dependent, increasing neuro - chemical and behavioural evidence suggests that sugar is addictive in the same way, too.

SAMe helps produce as well as break down chemicals such as dopamine and serotonin in the brain.

Although numerous different elements may impact the amount of this chemical, such as genetics, hormones, drugs and alcohol, a few studies have shown that dopamine in the brain is produced under the influence of some foods — actually it is produced by components of these foods.

If you want to change how and what you eat, you have to control the signals to your brain The science: Many weight - loss strategies are designed to control food instincts after they have been activated (such as eating your chips mindfully after they have already set off dopamine - addiction chemicals).

If exposed to an infection, a chemical irritant, something that stimulates pain, or a dangerous vibration felt in the legs or feet, one would need to wake the brain to increase circulation, and flee such harm, buffer the blood to maintain life, and alert us to a possible threat.

Hormones are chemicals secreted by glands in your body that are needed for many of the body's processes such as sexual function, brain function, digestion and growth.