The contribution of the present findings to the animal model of neurodevelopmental disorders like schizophrenia and possible brain structures and neurotransmitter systems involved in the neurodevelopmental deficits are discussed.
Giurgea's piracetam, for example, can improve the memory of users by altering the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which, in turn, affects the plasticity of synapses in the brain (the extent to which entire brain structures, and the brain itself, can change from experiences).
The current PC explanation of serious mental illness brought to us by Big Pharma -- follow the money trail -- is that it is caused by this or that neurotransmitter or brain structure and has nothing to do with oppressive families and dehumanizing environments.
The major pathway through which environmental adversity leads to gene-linked changes in neurotransmitter function, brain structure and thence depression, is the HPA axis.
In their 2002 paper about overtraining, Armstrong and Van Heest note that "overtraining syndrome and clinical depression involve remarkably similar signs and symptoms, brain structures, neurotransmitters, endocrine pathways and immune responses".
Prenatal nicotine exposure has been associated with altered brain structure and function in human offspring, and a proposed biological mechanism is related to nicotine's adverse influence on neurotransmitter systems during brain development.
Marijuana may change brain structure and function.
Mood and stress are regulated by a number of brain structures, networks, and chemical neurotransmitter systems.
Our bodies contain a host of biological and psychological mechanisms that bind us together: neurotransmitters and brain structures that help us to perceive and react to another person's emotional states.
