Mental Health, Serotonin, Dopamine, and Neurodegenerative Disorders

#alzheimers #neurodegenerative #dopamine #endalz #cheapceus

Objectives
» Define Neurodegenerative Disorders
» Explore the bidirectional interaction of mood and Neurodegenerative Disorders like alzheimer's and parkinson's

» Review the functions of serotonin and dopamine
in mood and neurodegenerative disorders
» Describe the symptoms of NDs
» Explore Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
prevention of NDs

Alzheimer's disease (11.3%)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (.002%)
Friedreich's ataxia (.002%)
Huntington's disease (.01%)
Lewy body disease (2%)
Parkinson's disease (1%)
Spinal muscular atrophy (.01%)
Multiple Sclerosis?
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Depression and anxiety as well as neurodegenerative disorders are linked to an imbalance of neurotransmitters and hormones including low levels of dopamine, serotonin and/or estrogen
Mental illness and NDs have overlapping neurodegenerative mechanisms, including oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and inflammation
Dopamine dysregulation is involved in neurodegenerative as well as many comorbid conditions: Schizophrenia, Depression, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, and Addiction
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons
 60–80% or more of dopamine-producing cells by the time they present with symptoms.
Excessive dopamine can induce a neurotoxic environment which also leads to dysregulation of the dopaminergic system. (DTs)

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[SvenStadt]

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[pauladuncanadams]

Love your neuroscience/endocrine lectures!!! You make it so easy to understand and absorb. Thanks.

[xinzhao]

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[xinzhao]

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[Trying_very]

I love your videos. If one is takings SSRIs is there a way to correct the decrease in REM sleep

[RobertWadlow]

I'm not sure if Dawn answers these comments directly and if you're comfortable replying to this, but I remember you mentioned dopamine and porn addiction. It seems pornography spikes dopamine extremely high in the brain IIRC. Is that something that would have a negative impact on learning, memory, etc for a person the next day for example? Does that dopamine supply take a while to be adequately increased in the brain again?