Sentences with phrase «specific brain neurotransmitter»

In a description of a sleep disorder known as RBD, in which patients enact their dreams through movement, he notes that a deficiency of dopamine (a specific brain neurotransmitter) is one key marker of Parkinson's disease.

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He looked closer at a specific gene known to regulate levels of the brain neurotransmitter serotonin — a lack of which is found in people with depression.

The potential for mind - boosting drugs and technologies has increased stunningly over the past decade as neuroscientists have unlocked the secrets of neuronal circuits, neurotransmitters, and specific molecular events triggering brain functions in three interconnected cognitive domains — attention, memory, and creativity.

Recent advances allow neuroscientists to study levels of neurotransmitters or their receptors in specific brain regions via PET (positron emission tomography), SPECT (single photon emission computerized tomography), and MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy).

A new study in mice, published in Cerebral Cortex, identifies increased levels of a specific neurotransmitter as a contributing factor connecting traumatic brain injury (TBI) to post-traumatic epilepsy.

When THC strikes specific cannabinoid receptors, it triggers domino chains of interacting molecules in neurons that culminate in both unusually elevated and abnormally low levels of various neurotransmitters (the molecules that brain cells use to communicate with one another).

These modify behaviour by blocking specific neurotransmitters in the brain.

Neurons release neurotransmitters that are taken up by specific receptors, but many glial cells receive and emit neurotransmitters that float through the brain as free agents.

«Specific neurotransmitter receptor supports optimal information processing in the brain.»

(Each drug increases the level of its specific neurotransmitter in the brain.)

Each drug has a specific action on one or more neurotransmitter or neuroreceptor in the brain.

The condition itself occurs in a specific area of the brain due to dysfunction of certain neurotransmitters (chemical messengers).

This help to support the brain in maintaining the necessary levels of specific chemicals and neurotransmitters needed to uphold normal mental functioning.

Be it a piece of cake, those zero calorie artificial sweeteners or Spiced Zucchini Carrot Muffins, your brain perceives this treat as a reward and will release dopamine (the neurotransmitter responsible for your motivation to pursue a specific behaviour) as a result.

The thought is that yoga stimulates specific brain areas which gives rise to changes in antidepressant neurotransmitters like GABA.

«By using supplements of the amino acids that make up specific neurotransmitters, you can actually change the nature and intensity of the brain messages they carry and thus the emotions they affect.»

Now, Parker and others are experimenting with other psychoactive drugs such as clonazepam, imipramine and megestrol acetate, all of which modify behaviour by blocking specific neurotransmitters in the brain rather than tranquilizing the cat.