Substance P. What is it?
From Wikipedia:
“In the central nervous system, substance P has been associated in the regulation of mood disorders, anxiety, stress, reinforcement, neurogenesis, respiratory rhythm, neurotoxicity, nausea / emesis and pain.”
That’s not very specific.
The wikipedia article mentions Substance P is involved in the regulation of neurogenesis. Specifically, it has been shown that an [...]
Archive for the ‘depression’ Category
Pain, Gain
Posted in OCD, Substance P, addiction, depression, neurogenesis, pain on June 3, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Antidepressants and Neurogenesis
Posted in Fluoxetine, Serotonin, depression, environment, neurogenesis on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A good article on the history of neurogenesis and on environmental factors in brain development. I don’t like the casual use of the word self, which has come to fashionable use in the service of popularizing neuroscience. Journalists, especially, like to throw the term around. I’m not now going to go into all the problems [...]
contacting the solid ground of sanity
Posted in Serotonin, agriculture, depression, environment, schizophrenia, soil on May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Obviously, the last topic is being put on hold. I’m not going to go into the reasons for the hiatus, but I do want to dust this blog off. I’m heading back to school, and I’m expecting that, in time, this will become my primary blog.
The ultimate focus of this blog will be on how [...]
