PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Serotonin Transporter, Orgasm, Inclusive Fitness
8 Dec 2015
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Pages 270-287 from chapter 8, chapters 9 & 19. Chapter eight: the anatomy and physiological of personality. To date, researches have counted about 60 chemicals that transmit information throughout the brain and body. Neurotransmitters and hormones are associated with a variety of neural subsystems and thus have many different effects on behaviour: e. g. Norepinephrine and dopamine work in the central nervous system, epinephrine works in the peripheral nervous system: serotonin help ward off depression, found in the gut (plays a. The chemicals that make up neurotransmitters are important, they role in regulating digestion) are the enzymes that break them down into their constituent chemical parts are they have traveled across the synaptic gap: e. g. Mao regulates the breakdown of the neurotransmitters dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. Their main function is to act throughout the body, stimulating the activity of neurons in many locations in the brain and body at the same time.
