PSYC 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Endorphins, Robert Sapolsky, Twin Study
9 Dec 2017
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During the initial experience, brain regions associated with pleasure are activated. Enjoyment from taking drugs can also stem from it occurring in a social context. Repeated experience creates tolerance that increases the effects of the drug. The dose required to have the same effect goes up. Association of cues and drug-taking means that cues eventually possess incentive. All the places/cues that may be associated with smoking. Contextual clues that contribute to your habit. Creates vitamin deficiencies associated with poor diet. Mdma is one of the serotonin psychedelics. Re-implanted the testes in the body cavity. No new neural connections were formed, so there must be a chemical released into the bloodstream. Testosterone- sex hormone responsible for the distinguishing characteristics of a male. In response to sensory stimuli and cognitive activity, hypothalamus produces neurohormones that enter the anterior pituitary. The pituitary receives instructions from these hormones and sends the appropriate hormones into the bloodstream to target the endocrine glands.
