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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by dopamine the

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chemical in your brain that gets you addicted to stuff you know like drugs or [Straw from a glass of dopamine to a brain]

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love or shmoop videos, what we can't dream here's our question the first

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anti-psychotic medication developed affected levels of which

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neurotransmitter and here your potential answers...[mumbling]

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...all right in order to work out the answer it's

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important to recall that the first antipsychotic drugs were developed to [Scientists discussing drugs]

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treat psychosis so in order to determine which neurotransmitter were looking for

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let's just isolate the one that plays a major part in psychosis well right off

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the bat we can eliminate glutamate which has been linked to stroke autism and

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Alzheimer's but not psychosis on a side note we'd like to point out how perfect [Person looking at glutamate on a smartphone]

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the name glutamate would be for a dating website for bread lovers you know, just

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saying... norepinephrine which underlies the brains fight-or-flight response is best

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associated with Parkinson's, well people with Parkinson's have a loss of the

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nerve endings that produce this neurotransmitter which is also closely

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linked to the sympathetic nervous system that controls automatic functions of the [Neuron affected by Parkinson's disease]

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body not that we're looking for either epinephrine doesn't work either also

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known as adrenaline epinephrine is often used as a medicine for cardiac arrest

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asthma or anaphylaxis as a result of allergies hence the name of the EpiPen [Man with allergies in a field of flowers]

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people with allergies often carry around right alright well this

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thing looks a bit more like an Epi permanent marker but that's not quite as [Man drawing on a board with a marker]

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catchy.. Epinephrine is produced by the adrenal glands and is therefore closely

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linked to adrenal disorders like Cushing's syndrome or pheochromocytoma

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... Say that five times fast but not psychosis, serotonin is most popularly

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linked to feelings of well-being and happiness which is why it's associated

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with the more emotional disorders like depression, eating disorders and anxiety [Bottle of serotonin falls and tablets spill out]

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disorders that leaves us with A dopamine which is a neurotransmitter released by

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nerve cells in order to send signals to other nerve cells and is related to

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behavior especially reward motivated behavior this is why many addictive

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drugs actually tap into the production of dopamine [Capsules working outside]

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as the sensation of a reward encourages the user to seek out more

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well several important diseases are linked to dysfunctions of the dopamine

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system including schizophrenia, ADHD and yes even psychosis that makes A our

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answer now that this video is done what would it hurt to watch another no go

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ahead just just click one more [Man relentlessly watching shmoop videos]

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