SHOCK TO THE SYSTEMS [ THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ( HARMONY ) ]

GOOD FEELINGS / PLEASURE CENTERS [ THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

GOOD FEELINGS / PLEASURE CENTERS [ NERVOUS SYSTEM ] GOOD FEELINGS Pleasure also has its centers In the brain. A Tulane University neurologist stumbled across one such center in the 1950s when he tried to electrically stimulate the brains of schizophrenics to break them out of their passivity. His patients told him their implanted electrodes…

DEGREES OF PAIN [ THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

DEGREES OF PAIN [ THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ] Similar pains don’t always register with the same intensity. Although nearly all humans-besides the very few who lack the ability to feel pain recognize extreme heat or a deep cut as painful, they can react differently. Some tolerate pain more easily, whereas others feel it more intensely….

PATHWAYS / GRAY MATTER [ MESSENGERS ( NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 29, 2022October 29, 2022

PATHWAYS / GRAY MATTER [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ] PATHWAYS Pain signals take rwo tracks on their way to the brain. The express line, like a nonstop train between cities, sends signals through the spinal cord and connects directly to the thalamus. While some pain signals are diverted along the way, those that…

BIG PAIN [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

BIG PAIN [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ] It turns out, the brain has automatic defenses cued up for a quick response to more serious pain. The perception of pain warns the brain of actual or potential tissue damage. The brain’s recognition of pain sets in motion actions to reduce or remove it,…

PAIN GATEWAY [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 27, 2022July 5, 2023

PAIN GATEWAY [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ] The nervous system does have natural responses that can ease minor pains, like the sting of a scrape or ache of a bump. When you were a child and trying to learn to roller-skate, perhaps you once fell and skinned your knee. To stop your…

RECEPTION [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 26, 2022October 26, 2022

RECEPTION [ MESSENGERS ( THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ) ] A healthy brain needs a constant stream of incoming information. Picture what happens without it: When volunteers enter a sensory deprivation tank a body temperature pool of water in which they are forced to go without sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and skin sensations they begin to…

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEMS [ THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ( HARMONY ) ]

ByTeam HUMANITYUAPD October 23, 2022October 23, 2022

SHOCK TO THE SYSTEMS [ THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ( HARMONY ) ] When you’re startled, the two branches work together, regulating the body without any conscious thought needing to be involved. Thanks to these automatic responses, the brain’s cortex is allowed to remain free to do other things-process sensory information, register emotion, pursue rational thoughts,…