Media Summary: Nicotine is the main psychoactive component of tobacco, and thus one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the world. In this video I discuss the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in ... How alcohol acts on the central nervous system to produce intoxication is still poorly understood. In this video, I attempt to ...
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Nicotine is the main psychoactive component of tobacco, and thus one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the world. In this video I discuss the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in ... How alcohol acts on the central nervous system to produce intoxication is still poorly understood. In this video, I attempt to ... Ketamine is an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, and recreationally used drug. In this video, I discuss hypotheses about how ... Long-term depression, or LTD, is a process by which synaptic connections between neurons are weakened. Although the ... Amphetamine is a stimulant drug that is used primarily in the treatment of ADHD. In this video, I discuss some of the proposed ...

Methylphenidate, better known as Ritalin or Concerta, is a stimulant medication primarily used to treat ADHD. In this video, I ... Multiple sclerosis is a central nervous system disorder that can create a variety of symptoms ranging from visual disturbances to ... In this video, I discuss the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal, or HPA, axis, which plays an important role in our stress response. Psilocybin is a substance found in a number of mushroom species that can be ingested to cause psychoactive effects. Although ... Ever wonder what's going on in your brain when you consume Binge-eating disorder (BED) is characterized by binge-eating episodes where someone takes in a relatively large amount of food ...

In this video, I discuss the symptoms, treatment, and primary cause of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, as well as how the condition ... The nucleus accumbens is located in the basal forebrain, and is the major component of the ventral striatum. Although it is best ... Dopamine is a monoamine and catecholamine neurotransmitter with many functions in the nervous system ranging from ...

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