Your brain on food : how chemicals control your thoughts and feelings / / Gary L. Wenk
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| Autore: |
Wenk Gary Lee
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| Titolo: |
Your brain on food : how chemicals control your thoughts and feelings / / Gary L. Wenk
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615/.78 |
| Soggetto topico: | Psychopharmacology |
| Neuropsychology | |
| Neurochemistry | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: FOOD, DRUGS, AND YOU; CHAPTER 2 MEMORIES, MAGIC, & A MAJOR ADDICTION; CHAPTER 3 EUPHORIA, DEPRESSION, & MADNESS; CHAPTER 4 YOUR BRAIN'S ANCHOR TO REALITY; CHAPTER 5 MARIJUANA IN THE BRAIN; CHAPTER 6 SIMPLE MOLECULES THAT TURN YOU ON AND OFF; CHAPTER 7 SLEEPING VERSUS WAKING; CHAPTER 8 REMNANTS OF AN ANCIENT PAST; CHAPTER 9 Brain Enhancement and Other Magical Beliefs; A LITTLE QUIZ; Suggested Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Does marijuana help to improve your memory in old age? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert? Why is a drug like PCP potentially lethal? Why does drinking alcohol make you drowsy? Do cigarettes help to relieve anxiety? What should you consume if you are having trouble staying in your chair and focusing enough to get your work done? Why do treatments for the common cold make us drowsy? Can eating less food preserve your brai |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Your brain on food |
| ISBN: | 0-19-982658-7 |
| 9786612661372 | |
| 0-19-975095-5 | |
| 1-282-66137-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807898103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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