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... neurotransmitters and neuropeptides - were identified . There was also a quantum leap in understanding how ... neurotransmitter may activate several differ- ent receptors , located in distinct regions of the brain . To date ...
... neurotransmitters and neuropeptides - were identified . There was also a quantum leap in understanding how ... neurotransmitter may activate several differ- ent receptors , located in distinct regions of the brain . To date ...
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... neurotransmitter into the synapse , the gap between two neurons ( figure 4-2 ) . The molecules of the neurotransmitter move across the synapse and attach themselves , or bind , to proteins , called receptors , in the outer wall of an ...
... neurotransmitter into the synapse , the gap between two neurons ( figure 4-2 ) . The molecules of the neurotransmitter move across the synapse and attach themselves , or bind , to proteins , called receptors , in the outer wall of an ...
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... neurotransmitter's being taken backup into the neuron that released it ( a process called reuptake ) or by it being broken down chemically into compounds called - metabolizes ( figure 4-2 ) . For each neurotransmitter in the brain ...
... neurotransmitter's being taken backup into the neuron that released it ( a process called reuptake ) or by it being broken down chemically into compounds called - metabolizes ( figure 4-2 ) . For each neurotransmitter in the brain ...
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... neurotransmitter, or the receptors for a neurotransmitter may not function properly. Mecha- nisms activated by receptors maybe defective, or the systems responsible for deactivating neurotransmit- ters maybe faulty. Also, breakdowns in ...
... neurotransmitter, or the receptors for a neurotransmitter may not function properly. Mecha- nisms activated by receptors maybe defective, or the systems responsible for deactivating neurotransmit- ters maybe faulty. Also, breakdowns in ...
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... neurotransmitters, These techniques have permitted the cloning of genes for specific receptors and have provided a ... neurotransmitter can have myriad effects in the brain. Molecular biological techniques provide an important tool for ...
... neurotransmitters, These techniques have permitted the cloning of genes for specific receptors and have provided a ... neurotransmitter can have myriad effects in the brain. Molecular biological techniques provide an important tool for ...
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Page 55 - Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1 ) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure.
Page 64 - It cannot be established that an organic factor initiated and maintained the disturbance...
Page 55 - In children and adolescents, can be irritable mood. 2) markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day...
Page 55 - Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day 5 Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day (observable by others, not merely subjective feelings of restlessness or being slowed down) 6 Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day 7 Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt (which may be delusional) nearly every day (not merely self-reproach or guilt about being sick...
Page 55 - The mood disturbance is sufficiently severe to cause marked impairment in occupational functioning or in usual social activities or relationships with others, or to necessitate hospitalization to prevent harm to self or others, or there are psychotic features.
Page 9 - It may be more accurate to say that despair, owing to some evil trick played upon the sick brain by the inhabiting psyche, comes to resemble the diabolical discomfort of being imprisoned in a fiercely overheated room. And because no breeze stirs this caldron, because there is no escape from this smothering confinement, it is entirely natural that the victim begins to think ceaselessly of oblivion.
Page 62 - B. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.
Page 54 - It was not really alarming at first, since the change was subtle, but I did notice that my surroundings took on a different tone at certain times: the shadows of nightfall seemed more somber, my mornings were less buoyant, walks in the woods became less zestful...
Page 55 - During the period of mood disturbance, three (or more) of the following symptoms have persisted (four if the mood is only irritable) and have been present to a significant degree: 1 . Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity 2.
Page 55 - A. At least five of the following symptoms have been present during the same two-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either: 1) depressed mood, or 2) loss of interest or pleasure.