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You might be wondering if chronic use of these drugs can increase risk of dementia—and the answer is yes. ...

aid anticholinergic Doxylamine Sleep aid Strong anticholinergic Paroxetine Antidepressant Strong anticholinergic Quetiapine A ...

Diet also factors into an optimal cholinergic system. Choline is the major dietary precursor to ace ...

of broccoli or Brussels sprouts to get the same amount of choline as found in one single egg yolk ...

a vitamin D deficiency in three-fourths of the US population. Serotonin is well known for its ...

University, psilocybin was shown to alleviate anxiety and increase feelings of life satisfaction in ...

and reduced altruism.^18 It’s easy to see how these traits might reinforce feelings of depression, ...

underlying problem for many people, rather than the cause of depression itself. This kind of insight i ...

established, and being depressed can certainly lead us to unhealthy eating. But do poor diets make ...

mentioned earlier, exercise boosts plasma tryptophan (remember, this is serotonin’s precursor) and dec ...

reinforcing many of the inflammatory mechanisms making you depressed to begin with! SEROTONIN AND THE GUT Accordin ...

Dopamine: The Reward and Reinforcement Neurotransmitter Like serotonin, dopamine is considered a “feel-good” neur ...

addictive nature (and keeps Walter White in business). In Parkinson’s disease, the dopamine-producing cells o ...

prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive and executive function. Each of us inh ...

people who carry two copies tend to be less neurotic and more extroverted. Warriors handle str ...

and highly specialized career choices, those with ADHD may be silently suffering from the “tranquility ...

stimulus/reward pathways in the brain, can result in “anhedonia,” or a pathological inability to sen ...

been processed to become hyper-palatable, engaging in risky activities, and taking substances that hijack ...

where you were the moment you heard of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center? I’ll bet that day is ...

DOCTOR’S NOTE: WALK AND TALK FOR ENHANCED MEMORY When patients and I get to know each other, I ...