Introduction and Overview
Before writing this post in the form in which it appears here, I set out to write an entry on tyramine, an exogenously created nervous system stimulant which plays a major role, I believe, in the sorry state of modern consciousness. But as I wrote, the story I was trying to tell got [...]
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Diet and Consciousness: An Example
Posted in Adrenaline, Dopamine, L-DOPA, Monoamine Oxidase, Noradrenaline, Serotonin, Tyramine, Tyrosine, diet on August 30, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Your Second Brain
Posted in Adrenaline, Dopamine, L-DOPA, Noradrenaline, Tyrosine on August 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The parts of the adrenal glands which produce adrenaline are actually brain tissue. The adrenal glands consist of two tissues, a steroid-producing cortex and…
an inner medulla, which is a source of the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine. The chromaffin cell is the principle cell type. The medulla is richly innervated by preganglionic sympathetic fibers and is, [...]
