re: Video of Drug Smuggling within AZ Ranch

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chemical in the brain normally associated with feelings of happiness and pleasure may also raise the risk of depression.

Researchers say they've found a new way in which prolonged exposure to the chemical messenger dopamine may play a role in depression as well as drug addiction. If confirmed by further studies, they say the discovery could lead to a new understanding of these complex disorders as well as better treatments.

Current antidepression treatments are mostly based on the deficiency or imbalance of the brain chemicals serotonin and norepinephrine, says researcher Li-Huei Tsai, a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, in a news release.

"This new study highlights the importance of the dopamine system, a less appreciated target in the current antidepression therapies," he says.

Short-term surges of dopamine are normally associated with feelings of pleasure. But abnormally high concentrations of the chemical messenger are linked to schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, and other psychiatric disor

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slight hijack...too much dopamine is the cause of schizophrenia but also is associated with depressions (as is low serotonin)

I just thought I'd look that up...sorry to hijack

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