PDF-Food Mood and Neurotransmitters

The TheoryJust how does a food affect neurotransmitters According to Dr Richard Wurtman at MIT who is involved in numerous studies on nutrition and the brain the nutrients in foods are precursors to n. 8 oz of water: food mood poop bedtime previous night:wake time:# times I woke up through the night: www.replenishpdx.compage 3 of 5late eveningFOOD/MOOD/POOP JOURNAL................................... Do Now: Which part of the brain helps to control hunger? . Homework: Benchmark exam on Thursday, November 5. Save the World: Create a cure for the Zombie Epidemic. You have just graduated from medical school with a concentration in neuroscience and . Do Now: . Join with your group from day 1 of the project? . Homework: Benchmark exam on Thursday, November 5. Teenage brain article questions/seminar preparation worksheet due . tomorrow. These are the neurotransmitters you have to work with. Nuerotransmitters. How to balance your brain naturally. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that help relay information throughout the body. . They . transmit information through nerve cells called neurons. . HCS 2050. SLO: 1.6.6 – Describing impulse transmission at the synapse, including the function of several neurotransmitters and the role of cellular receptors in the action of neurotransmission. Synapse. Ms. . Carmelitano. Introduction. Neurons are the building blocks of behavior. The 10 to 100 billion neurons make about 13 trillion connections with each other over the synapses. Essential Question: How do messages cross the synapses?. Spinal cord. Transmits messages from the brain to the other areas of the body.. Efferent – away from the brain out to the body. Produces muscle action. Afferent – from the periphery to the brain. I.B. Learning Outcome. and Objective. B6- Using one or more examples, explain the effects of neurotransmission on human behavior.. I can identify the parts of a neuron. I can explain the how neurons communicate. narrative!. A narrative is a story and stories have a beginning, middle, and an . end.. Mood is established by using the following:. Weather Words. Windy. Snowy. Blustery. Cloudy. Rainy. Gloomy. Clear. Food & Your Mood Nutritional Psychology The Interplay between Nutrition, Mood, Brain, and Behavior Learn to use food to your advantage Create a positive influence on your own brain chemistry Live an energized lifestyle substances that are manufactured in the brain, . spinal cord, glands and other parts of the body that may act as neurotransmitters. . Excitatory effects & . Inhibitory . effects.  Excitatory neurotransmitters trigger a nerve impulses in the receiving cell (they speed up neuron communication) while inhibitory neurotransmitters act to prevent further transmission of an impulse.(they slow down neural communication) . sciences concerned in one way or another with behavior of humans and lower organisms . . and . encompasses all the discipline that explore the activities of the natural . world . . Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Office of School Health and Wellness Initiatives. Agenda. Learn to use food to your advantage. Ways Food Can Affect Your Mood. Live an energized lifestyle. neurotransmitter . is a chemical compound that transmits an impulse from a nerve cell to a target cell. Target cells may be another nerve cell, a muscle cell, or a gland cell.. Learning Goal . Describe the role of amines as neurotransmitters..