Whats is Dopamine?
Dopamine is the happy molecule of the human body in a literal sense. It is a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure centers. It allows for one not only to see rewards, but gain motivation to advance toward those rewards. Dopamine also affects movement and motivation; basically it plays a rather important role in the physical and mental state of human beings and is known around the world as "the pleasure chemical".
Dopamine is the happy molecule of the human body in a literal sense. It is a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure centers. It allows for one not only to see rewards, but gain motivation to advance toward those rewards. Dopamine also affects movement and motivation; basically it plays a rather important role in the physical and mental state of human beings and is known around the world as "the pleasure chemical".
Fun times with Dopamine:
This project helped me learn a lot more about the molecule that actually decided my life's path in education when I was about 10 years old. I became more acquainted with chemistry itself throughout this study and I have a better understanding to the duality of life, why it can be soo good and yet soo bad.
This project helped me learn a lot more about the molecule that actually decided my life's path in education when I was about 10 years old. I became more acquainted with chemistry itself throughout this study and I have a better understanding to the duality of life, why it can be soo good and yet soo bad.
Most Interesting Aspect of Dopamine:
Originally I thought that dopamine could only be created in the brain and could not be synthesized in a lab. But this project showed me that it can which I found rather interesting. Create a neurotransmitter in a lab! Maybe it sounds boring, but to me thats awesome!
Originally I thought that dopamine could only be created in the brain and could not be synthesized in a lab. But this project showed me that it can which I found rather interesting. Create a neurotransmitter in a lab! Maybe it sounds boring, but to me thats awesome!
What did my Emolecule teach me About Chemistry:
It thought me that chemistry is the fundamental blueprints for all life on earth, not even just life but the inorganic substances that we love so much. Without chemistry we would be living in a clueless world not knowing how or why these specific compounds form and what keep them stable and what not.
It thought me that chemistry is the fundamental blueprints for all life on earth, not even just life but the inorganic substances that we love so much. Without chemistry we would be living in a clueless world not knowing how or why these specific compounds form and what keep them stable and what not.
What I would like to know more about Dopamine:
What would happen to dopamine projections in the brain if while projecting dopamine an electrical current was implemented to the brain, would it speed up the rate of the dopamine flow within the neurons since they are transmitted through electricity. Or would it just seize immediately due to the shock.
What would happen to dopamine projections in the brain if while projecting dopamine an electrical current was implemented to the brain, would it speed up the rate of the dopamine flow within the neurons since they are transmitted through electricity. Or would it just seize immediately due to the shock.
Wild Times with Dopamine:
If I could choose one experiment I could do with dopamine, would not actually involve dopamine itself. Dopamine is a molecule that reacts indirectly anyway so it would be hard to do an experiment with dopamine itself. But I would try to synthesize a dopamine agonist that would increase the flow of dopamine to the basal ganglia from the pars compacta. The basal ganglia is essentially responsible for movement, motor ability, balance and such. Lack of dopamine to this area can cause parkinson disease and turret syndrome. If my theoretical experiment can be accomplished, it can be a probably cure for these currently incurable diseases.
If I could choose one experiment I could do with dopamine, would not actually involve dopamine itself. Dopamine is a molecule that reacts indirectly anyway so it would be hard to do an experiment with dopamine itself. But I would try to synthesize a dopamine agonist that would increase the flow of dopamine to the basal ganglia from the pars compacta. The basal ganglia is essentially responsible for movement, motor ability, balance and such. Lack of dopamine to this area can cause parkinson disease and turret syndrome. If my theoretical experiment can be accomplished, it can be a probably cure for these currently incurable diseases.