Sentences with phrase «chemical changes in the brain»

Twenty seconds or more, and you'll note a full chemical change in your brain.

Your «spirituality» can change on a dime btw... a head wound, or chemical change in your brain will change how your universe appears... «pseudo-intellectual empirical nonsense»?

How this metamorphosis takes place; how a force existing as motion, heat, or light can become a mode of consciousness; how it is possible for aerial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the forces liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to emotion, — these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom.

But since no one can sustain the kind of thrilling sex couples have in the beginning of a relationship — when the chemical changes in our brain literally make us sick — isn't it a healthy thing that it decreases?

These hormonal changes may produce chemical changes in the brain that result in depression.

XBD173 also seemed to help anxiety in rodents, based on chemical changes in their brains.

Brain scans with names like PET and SPECT allow us to see the chemical changes in the brains of live human beings.

This is thought to cause a chemical change in the brain that lifts your mood and eases other symptoms of SAD, reports the Mayo Clinic in the US.

I swear, to see sun and colour again is like a chemical change in our brains, and suddenly I feel full of energy and zen again.

CDS is believed to be caused by physiological and chemical changes in the brain of aging dogs that affect brain function.

On top of the fact that your teenager is rapidly changing is the reality that these changes are coming from all directions: social pressures, environmental influences, and chemical changes in the brain ensure that your child's teen years will be an eventful ride.

Like drugs, sexual activities produce chemical changes in the brain.

Not exact matches

The brain is rewiring its own circuitry, physically changing itself, to make it easier and more likely that the proper synapses will share the chemical link and thus spark together — in essence, making it easier for the thought to trigger.»

This is all down to chemicals like endorphins and dopamine, but as Greater Good goes on to explain, these changes in the brain don't just protect you from pain.

Poltergeist, Richard did not deny that a religious experience could not cause changes in brain patterns complete with chemical reactions.

What these drugs do is alter the chemical balance in the brain and change the way you think.

«Love» may be a chemical reaction in my brain, but it doesn't change how it feels when I do.

The science behind food's effect on mood comes down to chemical and physiological changes in our brain structure which can lead to altered behaviour.

Changes in the brain's chemicals can also affect how a person feels.

The chemistry of the brain can change due to genetics or when exposed to harmful chemicals that can trigger certain feelings and emotions in the person.

It's common to have mood swings during pregnancy, partly because of hormonal changes that affect neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain).

Anti-depressant drugs combat your blues by changing the balance of mood - alerting chemicals in your brain.

The genetic change that gives one group of frogs immunity to a particularly lethal toxin also disrupts a key chemical messenger in the brain.

This discovery is a major leap forward when it comes to identifying changes in the brain's chemical messengers in people who suffer from anxiety.

Changes in levels of a brain chemical called serotonin, which underlies depression in people, may have help coordinated these transformations, they report.

A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.

The quantities of certain chemicals with known roles in insect learning (octopamine), aversive conditioning (dopamine) and aggression (serotonin) were all reduced by the procedure, suggesting that as with their mammalian counterparts, duress in bees causes sustained, system - wide changes in brain state — a possible analogue of mood.

«The brain along with the reproductive system and every other cell in your body is exquisitely sensitive to exceedingly small changes in estrogen and other sex hormones, and the fact that the environment is full of chemicals that can activate estrogen receptors means this phenomenally sensitive system is being perturbed constantly by environmental factors.»

He hopes in time to be able to anticipate how future chemical variations on the cathinone theme will change the way these drugs act on the brain.

Prior research with cultured tissue had shown that a mix of chemicals could change bone marrow stem cells from mice to those resembling brain cells, but when a team led by neurologist Lorraine Iacovitti of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia tried the same brew on human cells, the number altered was modest.

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.

They traced the effect to changes in dopamine, a brain chemical that contributes to the experience of reward, and to possible changes in GABA receptors, which can act as a brake system to keep dopamine in check.

In a second experiment, the team investigated whether the treatment caused changes in chemicals known to be involved in «long - term potentiation» (LTP)-- a type of brain activity key to memory formatioIn a second experiment, the team investigated whether the treatment caused changes in chemicals known to be involved in «long - term potentiation» (LTP)-- a type of brain activity key to memory formatioin chemicals known to be involved in «long - term potentiation» (LTP)-- a type of brain activity key to memory formatioin «long - term potentiation» (LTP)-- a type of brain activity key to memory formation.

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.

They looked at whether a chemical change (methylation) in the function of the SKA2 gene measured in blood predicted the thickness of brain cortex (a measure of neuronal health) and psychological symptoms, specifically PTSD and depression.

More recently, brain scans have directly linked these conditions with changes in levels of neurotransmitters — chemicals that convey messages across neurons — or alterations in the number or structure of neurons in different brain areas.

Memory researchers have previously speculated that somewhere in the brain network is a population of neurons that are activated during the process of acquiring a memory, causing enduring physical or chemical changes.

But it's the mu receptor that is primarily responsible for opioids» analgesic effects, and drugs that fit it snugly launch a cascade of chemical changes in nerve cells that slow down the transmission of pain messages to the spinal cord and the brain.

They are now working on adapting the device so it can also be used to measure chemical or mechanical changes that occur in the brain following drug treatment.

In two studies published in Science and Cell Stem Cell, the team of scientists, who were led by Gladstone senior investigator Sheng Ding, PhD, and are part of the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, used chemical cocktails to gradually coax skin cells to change into organ - specific stem cell - like cells and, ultimately, into heart or brain cellIn two studies published in Science and Cell Stem Cell, the team of scientists, who were led by Gladstone senior investigator Sheng Ding, PhD, and are part of the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, used chemical cocktails to gradually coax skin cells to change into organ - specific stem cell - like cells and, ultimately, into heart or brain cellin Science and Cell Stem Cell, the team of scientists, who were led by Gladstone senior investigator Sheng Ding, PhD, and are part of the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Gladstone, used chemical cocktails to gradually coax skin cells to change into organ - specific stem cell - like cells and, ultimately, into heart or brain cells.

Long - term use also causes changes in other brain chemical systems and circuits as well, affecting functions that include:

While many are familiar with the «momnesia» that can occur during gestation, a new study published in the journal Natural Neuroscience contends that — along with sweeping hormonal, emotional, chemical and outward physical changes — pregnancy alters regions of the brain for up to two years after a woman gives birth.

For example, transgenic mice lacking dopamine, a key brain chemical for motor control, provide an integral animal model for studying the changes in brain dynamics during the induction and recovery from an induced Parkinsonian state.

Fascinating research from the lab of Mark Zylka, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Center, suggests that chemicals designed to protect crops can cause gene expression changes in mouse brain cells.

The latter is changed to dopamine chemical in the brain, which means it can effectively treat the disease by alleviating the levels of dopamine in the brain.

In their report they found that essential oils cause a positive emotional response supported by the chemical change of an individual's brain and increase in blood floIn their report they found that essential oils cause a positive emotional response supported by the chemical change of an individual's brain and increase in blood floin blood flow.

These behavioral changes were associated with alterations in the GABA system of the brain in the probiotic group, matching the known effects of antidepressant or anxiolytic chemical agents (for example, anxiolytic agents such as benzodiazepines work at GABA receptors)[91].

A 2011 study at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, found that changing the balance of gut bacteria in mice not only changed levels of these chemicals in their brains, but also caused obvious changes in behavior, making usually timid mice act more boldly and adventurously — suggesting a shift in anxiety levels.

Suddenly switching to a lower carbohydrate diet can disrupt the balance of brain chemicals and cause temporary changes in mood, behavior, and personality.

Other research has found that when patients believe in the effectiveness of a therapy — whether they get a vote of confidence from their practitioners or not — it can stimulate real physiological responses, including changes in heart rate, blood pressure, and even chemical activity in the brain that decreases pain, anxiety, and fatigue.