Active emotions

Dopamine is a major catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (37) that is involved in the neuroregulation of locomotor activity, emotion, and neuroendocrine secretion (38,39). Clinically, dopaminergic drugs are used to treat Parkinson s disease and schizophrenia by activating or blocking dopamine receptors, respectively (40). 

Parkinson s like effects of reduced movement (akinesia) and mental activity, emotional indifference, demotivation accompanied by dysphoria and restlessness (akathisia)... 

Effects observed in humans following neurotoxic exposure include modification of motor and sensory activities, emotional states, integrative capabilities such as learning and memory, adverse effects on sensory systems (including sight, hearing, smell, touch, and pain sensation), behavior modification, sleep loss, speech impairment, delirium, hallucinations, convulsions, and deaths1-4 ... 

Knockout mice have revealed many novel and interesting aspects of the physiological functions of CBi receptors in locomotor activity, emotional behaviours, regulation of blood pressure, cognition, pain, reproduction and addiction. In addition, these animals have become invaluable tools for studying the interactions between cannabinoids and other drugs of abuse, i.e. opioids, nicotine, ethanol and cocaine. The multitude of phenotypes that have been observed in these an-... 

The study reported here used the same 8 anticholinergic drugs that were employed by Brimblecombe and Green (1967, 1968). Their effects on 3 aspects of rat behaviour were studied. The types of behaviour chosen were as varied as possible and included spontaneous motor activity, emotional and conditioned behaviour. 

Dopamine A type of neurotransmitter thought to be involved in disorders of cognition (such as schizophrenia), motor control systems, and limbic activity (emotional behavior). 

With regards to the sale of recycled products, planning and monitoring is linked to expenditure on sales activities, emotions, customer demands and future prospects. Remuneration schemes and plans for rewarding increases in the sale of recycled products are... 

The overall effectiveness of Xolair treatment was clearly reflected in measures of the asthma-related quality of life. Patient s self-assessment of asthma-related quality of life, using the validated asthma-related quality-of-life questionnaire (AQLQ) (16), showed a clinically significant change from baseline of 0.5 units improvement in both treatment groups for all domains at the end of both treatment stabilization and steroid-reduction periods. Importantly, a significantly greater improvement over placebo was seen in Xolair-treated patients for each of the individual domains (activities, emotions, symptoms, environmental exposure) and overall scores (p = 0.02). 

Clinically meaningful improvements in quality-of-life (QOL) domains were seen in more Xolair-treated patients compared to placebo patients at the end of the stabilization and reduction phases. The improvement in activities, emotions, symptoms, and overall domains at the end of the reduction phase was seen... 

Activities Emotions Symptoms Exposure AQLQ domains... 

The aroma of fmit, the taste of candy, and the texture of bread are examples of flavor perception. In each case, physical and chemical stmctures ia these foods stimulate receptors ia the nose and mouth. Impulses from these receptors are then processed iato perceptions of flavor by the brain. Attention, emotion, memory, cognition, and other brain functions combine with these perceptions to cause behavior, eg, a sense of pleasure, a memory, an idea, a fantasy, a purchase. These are psychological processes and as such have all the complexities of the human mind. Flavor characterization attempts to define what causes flavor and to determine if human response to flavor can be predicted. The ways ia which simple flavor active substances, flavorants, produce perceptions are described both ia terms of the physiology, ie, transduction, and psychophysics, ie, dose-response relationships, of flavor (1,2). Progress has been made ia understanding how perceptions of simple flavorants are processed iato hedonic behavior, ie, degree of liking, or concept formation, eg, crispy or umami (savory) (3,4). However, it is unclear how complex mixtures of flavorants are perceived or what behavior they cause. Flavor characterization involves the chemical measurement of iadividual flavorants and the use of sensory tests to determine their impact on behavior. 

Episodic ataxia (EA) is an autosomal dominant disorder that brief episodes of ataxia can be triggered by physical or emotional stress. The symptom can occur several times during the day, last for seconds to minutes, and be associated with dysarthria and motor neuron activity, which causes muscle rippling (myokymia) between and during attacks. It is caused by a mutation in a neuronal voltage dependent Ca2+ channel. 

An arrhythmia may occur as a result of heart disease or from a disorder that affects cardiovascular function. Conditions such as emotional stress, hypoxia, and electrolyte imbalance also may trigger an arrhythmia An electrocardiogram (ECG) provides a record of the electrical activity of the heart. Careful interpretation of the ECG along with a thorough physical assessment is necessary to determine the cause and type of arrhythmia The goal of antiarrhythmic drug therapy is to restore normal cardiac function and to prevent life-threatening arrhythmias. 

When these drugs are given to the female patient with inoperable breast carcinoma, tire nurse evaluates the patient s current status (physical, emotional, and nutritional) carefully and records tire finding in tire patient s chart. Problem areas, such as pain, any limitation of motion, and the ability to participate in tire activities of daily living, are carefully evaluated and recorded in tiie patient s record. The nurse takes and records vital signs and weight. Baseline laboratory tests may include a complete blood count, hepatic function tests, serum electrolytes, and serum and urinary calcium levels. The nurse reviews these tests and notes any abnormalities. 

Other s negative emotions. In cases where a third party feels compromised by any one mentoring relationship, mentor and/or mentee can be put at a disadvantage. For example, if the mentee becomes the subject of someone s envy (most likely an individual who was unable to enter a mentoring relationship), the scene could be set for some unpleasant events. These may include active attempts by this third party to harm the mentee s reputation and obstruct his or her progress. 

Some Paracelsian alchemists, especially Heinrich Khun rath (ca. 1560-1605) and Stefan Michelspacher (active ca. 1615-23), were objects of persecution on the part of hoth Lutheran and Catholic authorities. Khunrath was an alchemist from Saxony, the heartland of the Reformation, but his theological stance was characteristic of the second generation of Protestants who felt that Luther s work had been left incomplete and that another religious reform was essential. In Khunrath s ideas this would take the form of a Lutheranism that could accommodate an autonomous personal piety. To express their Lutheran piety intellectually the alchemists employed the terms of Paracelsian theosophy, while they found an emotive outlet in the mystical experience of the power and grace of the Holy Spirit. They felt themselves to be inspired (literally breathed ) by the Spirit, a force that they identified with alchemical pneuma. Khunrath called himself an enthusiast, hlled with the presence of the divine. 

Valzelli, L., and Bemaseoni, S. Differential activity of some psychotropic drugs as a function of emotional levels in animals. Psychopharmacologia 20 91-96, 1971. 

Music is one of the great art forms and provides listeners powerful emotions by twisting all ranges of human feelings, from earthy to heavenly and from physics to metaphysics. However, this principal applies in many human activities. When the appeal of a subject to the senses or emotions increases beyond a certain threshold, people find beauty in it and it becomes Art . For example, when Olympic athletes run in a 100 meter race, we feel the excitement of their performance and we sense the amazing movements of the human body, finding beauty in them. That is Art . 

Other patient variables may affect GI motility and, thereby, the extent or rate of availability of a drug from a delivery system. As illustrated in Chapter 2, the degree of physical activity, age, disease state, and emotional condition of a patient may increase or de-... 

In Dissolution, we make active use of the waters of emotion in order to "re-own," or take charge again of, our natural emotions - in other words, it takes expression of emotion to access and integrate the original and necessary emotional core within us... 

In the first of these studies, the researchers identified the areas of the brain that are associated with normal sadness. They asked volunteer subjects to think about some very sad personal experiences - and about some emotionally neutral experiences - while their brains were being imaged in a PET scanner. When thinking about the sad experiences, the volunteers reported feeling intense sadness, and many of them became tearful. The PET scans showed the changes in brain activity that accompanied these sad feelings. They demonstrated increased blood flow in the limbic system - a part of the brain that is involved in the control of emotion - and decreased blood flow in parts of the brain that are involved in the control of attention. 

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