Sentences with phrase «dopamine in some brain»

Quoting the work of a Washington, D.C., neurologist, Sieberg writes, «We often get a hit of dopamine in our brain when people reach out to us through digital means.

Maybe we're not calling it phone addiction yet, but there's now a ton of research about how we receive a small amount of dopamine in the brain when we browse the web or receive an email.

When people start liking our posts on Facebook it makes us feel good, the way Facebook displays that, the way it sends you the notifications, the infinite scroll — all of these things secrete dopamine in your brain.

Real chocolate (cacao) actually enhances your mental performance and gives you a mood lift by increasing dopamine in the brain.

Optimum levels of dopamine in the brain are associated with pleasure, motivation, movement and attention.

«Bupropion probably increases the amount of dopamine in the brain, although not nearly to the level of smoking.

According to Ph.D. student Emily Jacobs, who conducted the study, dopamine in the brain is a «classic Goldilocks scenario.»

Most notably: he plans to review long - term results to check potential side effects, such as dyskinesia (repeating, involuntary motions), which is commonly observed in patients on L - dopa, a Parkinson's drug that is converted to dopamine in the brain.

Though Ridgway and colleagues didn't directly measure dopamine in the brain, that's enough time for dopamine to spark the sound, he and colleagues report online today in The Journal of Experimental Biology.

Latest research from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS, Bangalore), now shows that maintaining Calcium balance in cells is also needed for another purpose — it may be regulating the levels of an important signalling molecule called dopamine in the brain.

Animals with high levels of dopamine in this brain region learned to avoid a shock more quickly and more often than animals that had a lower level of dopamine in this region.

Ritalin increases levels of dopamine in the brain's arousal pathways.

Such behaviors produce spikes in the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in brain regions that are associated with motivation.

Researchers already knew that insulin helps regulate dopamine, but previous research suggested that the effect might go the other way, with insulin reducing the amount of available dopamine in some brain areas.

The study shows that patients suffering from RBD have a risk of developing Parkinson's disease or dementia in the future, because they already suffer from a lack of dopamine in the brain.

A different possible mechanism, proposed by Juan Salinas, a lecturer specializing in the neuropharmacology of learning and memory at the University of Texas at Austin, resembles the neurobiological hypothesis, given that ADHD involves a dysfunctional release of dopamine in the brain.

Cocaine and alcohol abusers, for example, are known to produce far less dopamine in their brains than people who aren't addicted to those drugs.

«A next step would be to help regulate stress among higher risk immigrants through social support programs, and see if this reduces dopamine in the brain and prevents psychosis.»

Marijuana abusers react less strongly to dopamine in their brains, resulting in feelings of malaise and withdrawal.

The fact that mice missing Arp2 / 3, and also showing motor abnormalities, seemed to get better with the antipsychotic drug haloperidol suggested that they have too much dopamine in their brains.

However, when the «alcohol rats» were treated with OSU6162 it was found that the substance counteracted the low concentrations of dopamine in the brain reward system.

The authors conclude that valproate may be effective for treating negative symptoms in psychiatric patients with two copies of the «Val» variant of the COMT gene, which breaks down dopamine in the brain.

A study of rats published at the same time in the scientific journal Addiction Biology adds to the understanding of how OSU6162 works, as it shows that rats that voluntarily consumed alcohol for almost a year had lower levels of dopamine in their brain reward system than rats that had never drunk alcohol.

«We therefore think that OSU6162 can reduce the alcohol craving in dependent people by returning the downregulated levels of dopamine in their brain reward system to normal,» says Dr Steensland.

The frontline prescription drugs currently used to treat tobacco dependence — which include bupropion and varenicline — primarily target the brain's «reward» pathways by interfering with the release and binding of dopamine in the brain in response to nicotine.

We may owe some of our unique intelligence to a generous supply of a signalling chemical called dopamine in brain regions that help us think and plan.

Despite the fact that schizophrenia affects around 24 million people worldwide, treatment has not changed much in over 50 years, and largely relies on correcting the regulation of dopamine in the brain of schizophrenia sufferers.

The release of dopamine in the brain is triggered by addictive substances and behaviors, so compounds that mimic dopamine could be useful in possible treatments.

Cardiovascular effects of methylphenidate in humans are associated with increases of dopamine in brain and of epinephrine in plasma

The oral drug is converted into dopamine in the brain allowing patients to get up and move.

Now, with optogenetics, researchers can test whether treatments that boost dopamine in the brains of lab animals will cut their desire for alcohol or drugs.

People with PD need this medication because they have low levels or are missing dopamine in the brain, mainly due to impairment of neurons in the substantia nigra.

Two years ago, Bonin at Wake Forest University and his team used optogenetics to trigger the release of dopamine in a brain area called the nucleus accumbens (NU - klee - us Uh - KUM - benz).

Why it matters: Parkinson's disease is marked by the loss of dopamine in the brain's nigrostriatal neural pathway, which is one of four major pathways for this hormone and neurotransmitter in the brain; the disease primarily affects part of the motor system involved in the production and coordination of movement.

This nutrient is linked to a decrease in negative moods and depression because it helps produce dopamine in the brain.

Ingesting sugar has been shown in studies to release opiods and dopamine in the brain.

«Green tea has less caffeine than coffee, but like coffee, it helps boost dopamine in the brain.

The researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center report that they have recorded decreased levels of dopamine in the brain when eating under stress.

«There is an element of neurobiology behind it,» says Dr. Sood, citing a 2002 study that showed that meditation releases dopamine in the brain — a process similar to nicotine triggering the relaxing feeling that smokers crave.

At the same time, she adds, alcohol speeds up a neurotransmitter called glutamate, which is responsible for regulating dopamine in the brain's reward center.

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.

A study published in «Cognitive Brain Research» outlines how practicing yoga and yoga nidra meditation specifically, can increase * the release of dopamine in the brain.

«Clary sage oil can promote the release of dopamine in the brain and, therefore, help lift your mood.

Which is exactly why if you try to ignore your cravings and deprive yourself of that pleasurable release of dopamine in your brain, or detox from sugar completely...

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.

Also, caffeine has a similar action to amphetamines in that it increases levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in your brain.

Mucuna Pruriens — a rich source of L - dopa (an amino acid that becomes the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain).

Oral administration of Alpha GPC also increases the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain which is associated with feelings of wellness, libido, and motivation in life.

So, I definitely see being a two - way street, some of these enzymes may affect optimal conversion of Dopamine in the brain.

According to Ward W. Bond, Ph.D., «The type of depressive - feeling caused by a lack of dopamine in the brain is a very low energy depression, with a lack of motivation.