Little kitteh lives in sunny Malta. Normally, I would love to go to sunny Malta, but they're having Unrest.
Posted on 10/14/2019 10:45:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In the 1950s, researchers stumbled upon a new class of drugs that provided relief for those suffering from schizophrenia. These drugs were known as antipsychotics and, as the name suggests, they reduced symptoms like hallucinations and delusions — primarily by reducing the levels of dopamine in the brain. This led clinicians and scientists to argue that dopamine was linked to the experiences of psychotic symptoms, and a concerted research effort ensued, seeking to solve the puzzle of why excess dopamine might produce hallucinations.
Although it was later shown that increasing dopamine could produce hallucinations, establishing a consistent link between them, it has not been clear why.
They achieved this by taking advantage of a simple fact: Your brain is lazy. It makes shortcuts to understand the deluge of information that bombards it daily. If you’re presented with consistent information, consistently, your brain adjust its expectations of reality in turn. This is the basis of Bayesian theories of how we perceive the world – that is, the brain makes inferences about the world around us based on statistics and probabilities on what is likely to occur.
[I]ncreasing dopamine made it more difficult for participants to adjust their perception — an effect comparable to how the hallucinators had struggled. Moreover, the extent to which participants struggled was strongly associated with the severity of hallucinations — but not with any diagnosis of schizophrenia. In other words, the difficulty appeared to be associated with a symptom, not a diagnosis.
Using brain imaging, the researchers also showed that an increased capacity for dopamine release, from a part of the brain known as the striatum (an area involved in schizophrenia), was associated with the severity of hallucinations. Together, these experiments showed that excess dopamine was associated with difficulty in accurately predicting reality.
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I get mine at Iherb.com, but probably any good health and nutrition store should have them. If you ask around in Jerusalem you may be able to find some there. Like an apothecary shop or herbalist.
If you have access to a hotel concierge, you could ask there, as well. The bottle says “1.55 g (1550mg)” and they are rather large, but boy, do they work!! (It’s called “lauric acid” on the bottle.)
I hope it helps!
Thanks for the tip!
i just hope you’re able to find it there. I swear by the stuff!
I’m more and more worried about Gonzo. He screams at me if I put my coat on, so I started to put it on in the hallway so he couldn’t see me. Now he screams at me when I open the door to go out. I feel so bad for the little guy!
All he has ever known is Beaker, and now she’s gone and he’s suffering. They were fledglings together, six years ago, and were bonded, so he is definitely mourning for her.
Now, I’m going to watch some Harry Potter and try to take my mind off things.
Poor Gonzo. I’m working on Spanish music stuff.
I hope I can get Gonzo a buddy soon. The vet’s office is having an open house on the 8th, to celebrate their new clinic. It’s beautiful! And I definitely plan to go, even if I don’t stay for long.
When I take Gonzo in next week for his pedicure, I’ll see if they’ve gotten any word on a rescue. Even a finch or a conure would be good, just so he could have some company, poor little guy.
Tell Jake that if you were a kid again, everyone would be proud of you for taking a long nap with him!
You could make your tagline, “Have laptop, will fry!”
I saw what you did there.
Well, a day late, but I still saw.
It wasn’t me. Nobody saw me. And besides, I was nowhere near. I have witnesses. You can’t pin anything on me.
Good evening all. Sorry I’m so tardy. I hope you had a happy Friday Eve.
No, I did not oversleep.
Sat upon by a catalump.
It purrs, it sits, it doesn’t move off, it feels no pity or remorse and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you’ve been sat upon!
I know how that works.
Worst part is that I had a retro 80’s trailer pop to mind for Catinator.
The door shuts and someone sits down, then an ominous meow is heard.
Good morning. Jake says it’s raining outside. I expect his next thing will be to try to sit on my keyboard and drip.
Little kitteh lives in sunny Malta. Normally, I would love to go to sunny Malta, but they're having Unrest.
Yes, well, that's rather too obvious, isn't it. Then folks will know who I really am: A serial laptop killer.
I slept in. I’ve been fighting this chest cold thing, and not sleeping through the night for the last several nights, and this was the result. I slept two hours longer than I usually do.
Now I’m going to shower, and then my day will start for real.
Good morning. I slept in until almost 5:30. Cold and raining today, but I don’t blame the Weatherman. We don’t have Envirothon today, but we’ve been given Errands, so we’ll be out.
That’s why I do dogalumps. They get bored if you stop petting them and move on.
Good morning. Happy Friday!
I am glad that kitteh is not eyeing ME that way.
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