Media Summary: In this video, I discuss the neurotransmitter SSRIs are the most widely-used treatment for depression, and have been since their introduction to the market in the late 1980s. Psilocybin is a substance found in a number of mushroom species that can be ingested to cause psychoactive effects. Although ...

2 Minute Neuroscience Serotonin - Detailed Analysis & Overview

In this video, I discuss the neurotransmitter SSRIs are the most widely-used treatment for depression, and have been since their introduction to the market in the late 1980s. Psilocybin is a substance found in a number of mushroom species that can be ingested to cause psychoactive effects. Although ... In this video I discuss the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in ... How alcohol acts on the central nervous system to produce intoxication is still poorly understood. In this video, I attempt to ... Ketamine is an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, and recreationally used drug. In this video, I discuss hypotheses about how ...

Schizophrenia is a potentially severe psychiatric condition that involves a variety of symptoms. In this video, I discuss the ... Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a potent psychoactive substance that is commonly classified as a hallucinogen or ... Nicotine is the main psychoactive component of tobacco, and thus one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the world. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a condition characterized by difficulties with attention and/or hyperactivity and ... DMT is naturally produced in a variety of plants and animals (including humans) and is also a potent psychoactive drug known for ... In this video I discuss acetylcholine, the first neurotransmitter ever discovered. The topics I cover include the locations of ...

In this video, I discuss how methamphetamine works in the brain to produce its strong stimulant effects. Learn more on my ... Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter of the human nervous system. It is an amino acid neurotransmitter that ... Long-term depression, or LTD, is a process by which synaptic connections between neurons are weakened. Although the ... MDMA, better known as ecstasy, molly, or one of a number of other street names, is a stimulant drug with unique prosocial effects.

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin

2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin

In this video, I discuss the neurotransmitter

2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)

2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)

Serotonin

2-Minute Neuroscience: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

2-Minute Neuroscience: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

SSRIs are the most widely-used treatment for depression, and have been since their introduction to the market in the late 1980s.

2-Minute Neuroscience: Psilocybin

2-Minute Neuroscience: Psilocybin

Psilocybin is a substance found in a number of mushroom species that can be ingested to cause psychoactive effects. Although ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: GABA

2-Minute Neuroscience: GABA

In this video I discuss the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Melatonin

2-Minute Neuroscience: Melatonin

Melatonin is a derivative of

2-Minute Neuroscience: Alcohol

2-Minute Neuroscience: Alcohol

How alcohol acts on the central nervous system to produce intoxication is still poorly understood. In this video, I attempt to ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Ketamine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Ketamine

Ketamine is an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, and recreationally used drug. In this video, I discuss hypotheses about how ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Schizophrenia

2-Minute Neuroscience: Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a potentially severe psychiatric condition that involves a variety of symptoms. In this video, I discuss the ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: LSD

2-Minute Neuroscience: LSD

Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a potent psychoactive substance that is commonly classified as a hallucinogen or ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Dopamine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Dopamine

Dopamine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Nicotine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Nicotine

Nicotine is the main psychoactive component of tobacco, and thus one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the world.

2-Minute Neuroscience: ADHD

2-Minute Neuroscience: ADHD

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a condition characterized by difficulties with attention and/or hyperactivity and ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Effects of Cocaine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Effects of Cocaine

In my

2-Minute Neuroscience: DMT

2-Minute Neuroscience: DMT

DMT is naturally produced in a variety of plants and animals (including humans) and is also a potent psychoactive drug known for ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Acetylcholine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Acetylcholine

In this video I discuss acetylcholine, the first neurotransmitter ever discovered. The topics I cover include the locations of ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Methamphetamine

2-Minute Neuroscience: Methamphetamine

In this video, I discuss how methamphetamine works in the brain to produce its strong stimulant effects. Learn more on my ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Glutamate

2-Minute Neuroscience: Glutamate

Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter of the human nervous system. It is an amino acid neurotransmitter that ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Depression (LTD)

2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Depression (LTD)

Long-term depression, or LTD, is a process by which synaptic connections between neurons are weakened. Although the ...

2-Minute Neuroscience: MDMA

2-Minute Neuroscience: MDMA

MDMA, better known as ecstasy, molly, or one of a number of other street names, is a stimulant drug with unique prosocial effects.