neurotransmitter Archives - Knowing Neurons

A sleeping brain on the left versus a brain lifting weights on the right. Illustrated by Rajamani Selvam.

The Neuroscience of Motivation and How to Improve It

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 Marco Travaglio 0 Comments Dopamine, Insula, Limbic, Mesolimbic Pathway, Motivation, MRI, neurotransmitter, Nucleus accumbens, Prefrontal Cortex, Reward-Seeking Behavior, Ventral Tegmental Area

Motivation can be a hard thing to come by. Whether at home, at school or at work, most of us have been in a situation where we know exactly what… Read more

Brain Basics Did You Know? Sensation and Perception

Neuronal Communication: Electricity and Neurotransmitters

January 24, 2018January 23, 2018 Jenn Tribble 0 Comments Brain, Dopamine, GABA, glutamate, Network, Neuron, Neurons, neurotransmitter, Perception, Receptor, serotonin, Synapse

ith approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain, it is a complex piece of machinery in charge of movement, sensation, decision-making, and more. Behaviors cannot arise from the work… Read more

Brain Basics Brain Development Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Schizophrenia in a Vial? The Story of Ketamine

September 20, 2017September 24, 2017 Joel Frohlich 2 Comments Anesthesia, Antidepressant, Antipsychotic drugs, Brain, cognitie symptoms, depression, Dissociation, Dopamine, glutamate, Ketamine, negative symptoms, neurotransmitter, PCP, Perception, phencyclidine, positive symptoms, Schizophrenia, Sensation, Synaptic Connections

Note: Ketamine is a controlled substance in the US and many other countries. Do not use ketamine illicitly. magine an injection that briefly gives you schizophrenia. Now imagine that this… Read more

Did You Know? Sensation and Perception

This is Your Brain on Starbucks

October 6, 2016June 30, 2017 Joel Frohlich 2 Comments Adenosine, Adenosine triphosphate, ATP, Caffeine, Coffee, Espresso, Mescaline, neurotransmitter, Psychoactive, Sleep, Starbucks, Stimulate, Tea

My father often jokes that hundreds of years from now, future anthropologists will speak of the cult of the Seattle goddess, her shrine adorning every airport, shopping mall, and train… Read more

52 Brain Facts

Myth or Fact? Drug abuse can put holes in your brain.

June 27, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons 4 Comments 52 Brain Facts, Addiction, Brain, Cocaine, Dopamine, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Function, Hole, neurotransmitter, Reward, Trauma

52 Brain Facts

Myth or fact? Some neurotransmitters travel backwards across the synapse.

December 14, 2015March 22, 2016 knowingneurons 2 Comments 52 Brain Facts, Axon, Hunger, Marijuana, neurotransmitter, Receptor, Retrograde, Synapse, THC

52 Brain Facts

Myth or Fact? The neurotransmitter serotonin is solely located in the brain.

October 19, 2015 knowingneurons 0 Comments 52 Brain Facts, Brain, Gut, neurotransmitter, serotonin

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

New Ion Channel Identified for the Neurotransmission of Sweet, Bitter, and Umami Tastes

April 1, 2013March 5, 2017 Jooyeun Lee 1 Comment ATP, bitter, CALHM1 channel, GPCR, neurotransmitter, sweet, taste, taste bud, Type 2 receptor cell, umami

Take a moment to think about how amazing it is that we can taste so many flavors in the meals we eat! Approximately ten thousand taste buds located on the… Read more