Posted by boB on April 17, 2000, at 20:48:41
In reply to Re: Cam - serotonin and dopamine opposition, posted by Cam W. on April 17, 2000, at 18:44:16
thanks, Cam,
Maybe you can help me with this one though - doesn't a lot of sensory processing and learning have to do with an inititial jolt of norepenephrine, which is somehow ...what is the word?. it - the norepenephrine networks - continue to increase in amplitude or something until a familiar network - like a familiar concept or experience - allows a reinforcing neurotransmitter to establish a stable .. uh a stable uh .. thought?
i cant remember where I got that idea but I know I'm not smart enough to make it up. I don't have ready access to the libraries where I was boning up on neurochemistry, so I can't recall if I synthesized the idea from several sources or if that is the way a very well informed brain scientist explained it in a very expensive book.
i am much more confident of my understanding of acetecholine dominating sleep and aminergins (?) such as nore., dopa., and serotonin dominating waking states. I could find at least two reliable books about that, real easy.
Any clues?
- boB
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