Tag Archives: Moods

Balanced SEEKING

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Joel

A well-functioning balanced SEEKING system is essential to physical and emotional health. When the system is under-or over stimulated It can promote emotional disorders, ranging from depression to psychosis. Through many years of lab research with rats and other mammals, … Continue reading →

Posted in Affective Neuroscience | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Balanced SEEKING

Emotions

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotions Jaak Panksepp discovered that the lower brain seems to be organized in such a way that one primal affective state prevails at any one time. He calls this monomania and it causes the upper thinking neocortex to follow the … Continue reading →

Posted in Primary-Process Emotions | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Emotions

Opioids versus Opiates

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Joel

Opioids versus Opiates An opiate is a drug naturally derived from the flowering opium poppy plant. Opioid is the broader term that includes opiates. When I say opioid, I refer to natural brain opioids. When I say opiate, I mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Affective Neuroscience, Opioids | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Opioids versus Opiates

Mood Brain-zapping

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Joel

Deluge of Brain-Zapping Mood Research Direct electrical stimulation of lateral orbitofrontal cortex acutely improves mood in individuals with symptoms of depression. Current Biology Mood variations decoded from multi-site intracranial human brain activity. Nature Biotechnology An amygdala-hippocampus subnetwork that encodes variation in … Continue reading →

Posted in Mood | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Mood Brain-zapping

Breathing Moods and Feelings

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Joel

Breathing Moods and Feelings You may be familiar with how breathing reflects feelings and moods. For example, rapid and shallow breathing can be a symptom of anxiety. But how can breathing change moods and feelings? I like to think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Breathing | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Breathing Moods and Feelings