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Understand neurotransmitters

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Understand neurotransmitters

Understanding neurotransmitters provides crucial insights into how the brain regulates everything from mood and cognition to physical movement. This learning plan benefits healthcare professionals, psychology students, and anyone interested in the biological basis of behavior and mental health conditions.

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8 cursosActualizado 11 days ago
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Cada episodio ofrece lecciones breves y de alto impacto destiladas de fuentes de primera clase: libros bestseller, artículos de investigación y conocimientos de expertos. Juntos, forman un camino sofisticado pero accesible para dominar Understand neurotransmitters.

Lo que Aprenderás

  • Identify and explain the fundamental roles of neurotransmitters in brain function
  • Distinguish between major neurotransmitter systems and their specific effects on cognition and behavior
  • Analyze how neurotransmitter imbalances contribute to mental health disorders
  • Evaluate pharmacological interventions based on neurotransmitter mechanisms
  • Apply knowledge of brain chemistry to understand emerging neuromodulation treatments

Build a strong foundation in understanding what neurotransmitters are, how they function, and their basic role in brain communication and behavior.

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The Chemical Dance: How Hormones and Status Shape Our Decisions

How brain chemicals secretly drive your everyday decisions.

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Your Brain's Chemical Symphony: Neurochemistry Deep Dive

Explore the fascinating molecular conversations happening in your brain every second. From glutamate and GABA to peptides and stress hormones, discover how your neurochemistry shapes emotions, behavior, and well-being.

24 m

Explore the major neurotransmitter systems including dopamine, serotonin, GABA, and glutamate, and how each influences specific aspects of cognition, emotion, and behavior.

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The Dopamine Dilemma: Controlling Your Brain's Motivation Chemical

Dopamine drives addiction: why more pleasure brings less satisfaction.

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Dale's Criteria: Proving Brain Chemistry

Discover how Henry Dale's four scientific criteria revolutionized our understanding of neurotransmitters, from proving chemicals carry brain messages to revealing emotions as molecules flowing through our entire body.

25 m

Understand how neurotransmitter imbalances contribute to various mental health conditions and the neurobiological basis of psychiatric disorders.

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Molecules Of Emotion

Biochemical emotions: how your feelings physically shape your reality

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Dopamine and Depression: Beyond the Serotonin Story

Explore how dopamine dysfunction drives depression's most challenging symptoms - from anhedonia to cognitive fog - and why understanding these brain circuits could revolutionize treatment approaches.

10 m

Discover how neurotransmitter science translates into therapeutic interventions, including pharmacological approaches, neuromodulation techniques, and emerging treatments based on brain chemistry.

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Rewiring the Addicted Brain: How Modern Science Changes Recovery

Brain addiction science: pleasure, pain, and modern treatment insights.

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Psychopharmacology: From Medieval Madness to Modern Miracles

Explore the remarkable 70-year journey of psychiatric medicine, from accidental discoveries like Thorazine to revolutionary treatments like ketamine, revealing how brain chemistry breakthroughs transformed mental illness from hopeless conditions to treatable medical disorders.

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