Mesolimbic pathway

Input also known as resources could be human or financial resources as well as other necessary input to support the program. Activities are those events that produce the output. The output consists of the products and services available for the customers. The customers are the users of the products/services produced at the output level. The outcomes are benefits or changes resulting from activities and output. When it is closely related to the output, it is called short-term outcome. The further…

The YWCA is a non-profit organization in Spokane, Washington that provides women, children, and families in crisis, who are victims of domestic violence and homelessness, with access to services and emergency shelter. The YWCA’s mission is dedicated to “eliminating racism, empowering women, standing up for social justice, helping families, and strengthening communities” (YWCA Spokane, 2017). Since 1903, the Spokane YWCA has been committed to serving a wide variety of needs for women, children,…

6. What is the mechanisms of the acupuncture? In other words, what parts of CNS activated and/or deactivated? (2pts) 1) Acupuncture activates structures of descending anti-nociceptive pathway and 2) deactivates multiple limbic area subserving pain association. 7. What is the effects of opiates and opioids on nociceptor signal transmission? (2pts) Opiates 1) decrease the duration of the postsynaptic potential, probably by reducing 〖Ca〗^(2+)…

This essay will explore the efficacy of organisational policies in providing support for individuals who are affected by a significant life event. It will explore how others deal and respond to significant life events. The suitability of external sources who providing support will be evaluated. The own personal contribution during supporting an individual who experiences a significant life event will be analysed in the form of a reflection. Recommendation through improvement of support which is…

Dividing its negative effects into the 3 pathways, “damage to the mesotriatal pathway can lead to movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease” where we lose all voluntary motor control and have symptoms such as muscle spasms and difficulty with moving our limbs (Blumenfeld, 2010). The second pathway is the mesolimbic pathway, where if problems arise in the mesolimbic pathway, it “can lead to positive schizophrenic symptoms such as delusions or hallucinations”…

been well supported by many scholars. If your are going to consider addiction and neurological processes, I would advise you to consider the reward pathway theory (also called the mesolimbic pathway). Many researchers suggests that several types of addictions have similar brain patterns as in the case of drug addictions. To explain the reward pathway, it is important to understand the function of several brain structures: the ventral tegmental area (VTA), amygdala, nucleus accumbens (NA), the…

Schizophrenia Assignment This essay will be focused on a mental illness known as Schizophrenia, which Jonathon is experiencing in the Case Study. It will outline its symptoms, the brain structures of Schizophrenic patients, how neurochemistry may be a possible causative factor in it and how medication can affect the brain structure and neurochemistry to manage symptoms in diagnoses of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious chronic mental disorder which is described chiefly by defalcation in…

Alcohol has a significant effect on the brain, acting on neurons and various neurochemicals. It can modify cell membranes, along with their ion channels, enzymes and receptors. Alcohols’ effect on the central nervous system (CNS) is largely due to its action on different neurotransmitters. A major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system is gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Alcohol amplifies the effect of GABA by binding to and stimulating GABA receptors, causing the opening of…

Methylphenidate is thought to act through the inhibition of dopamine and norepinephrine transporters in neurons, especially those of dopaminergic pathways of the brain. The dopaminergic pathways of the brain are composed of neurons that synthesize and transmit the neurotransmitter dopamine, to different regions of the brain. Dopamine signaling from these pathways is associated with several integral cognitive processes including reward-motivated behavior, motor…

Introduction 1. Neuroplasticity in general Neuroplasticity is defined as changes in neuron circuits resulting from experience. The brain can be seen as a network of neurons as neurons are connected by thousands of synapses. Our brains make and break the connections between neurons in response to outside stimulation and this action gives us unlimited potential to change both structurally and functionally. For example, the size of the structure in our brains might change because of some outside…