Dopamine is an absolutely fascinating neurotransmitter. After reading this article, this fact stuck out to me the most: as one gets older, neurons, which produce dopamine, decline. Since dopamine seems to have a correlation to episodic memory, this supports the theory that dopamine levels are involved in Alzheimers. The experiments scientists have performed in the past have proven this theory true, and it was interesting reading about their experiment involving memory. I look forward to hearing about the advancements scientists make involving these chemical messengers in the near future! It has the potential to be extremely ground-breaking and beneficial for so many people around the world.
This article shows the multiple facets of the neurotransmitter dopamine and it's various purposes in the brain. Dopamine, associated with mood, motor control, and even memory, plays an important role in our everyday lives. This article explains, through evidence gathered in experiments where dopamine was shown to help enhance memory, that there is a positive correlation between dopamine and an episodic memory. When subjects were given a synthetic dopamine known as L-DOPA, a sharp increase in episodic memory was seen. Episodic memory, which is greatly inhibited in people suffering with Alzheimer's disease, could theoretically be impacted by dopamine production; for certain dopamine-producing neurons in the brain degenerate over time. Simply speaking, if patients with Alzheimer's were given a dosage of synthetic dopamine (in a combination with other factors), their symptoms, or even their illness, could be reversed.
Dopamine has been proven to be linked with memory and this article discusses a study showing a correlation between dopamine and a drastic increase in episodic memory taking place after six short hours. This could be life changing and the key to defeating Alzheimer's. It will be interesting to see what this study leads to as it is "still in it's infancy".
I frequently have memory problems. This article has lightened my fear of the future. I've always known that dopamine was linked to Parkinson's disease but to now know that it can potentially help me with memory is very exciting. The progress that scientist are making provides an excellent sense of security. I believe that by the time I am old most of the diseases that ail old people today will have a cure.
This article explains the link that the neurotransmitter dopamine and the increase of long term memories. The studies by Emrah Düzel have shown that test where dopamine was increased with the drug L-DOPA there was a increase in the episodic memories. These findings could be used to help fight the alzheimers disease which impacts the episodic memories. This drug L-DOPA could then be used to help stop the effects that are caused by the disease.
This article discusses the neurotransmitter dopamine and how in increases long term memories. The article says that this study could help defeat Alzheimer's. Subjects we given a drug L-DOPA in order to increase dopamine. After subjects were given the drug a high increase in episodic memories were seen. I believe that this is a revolutionizing study will greatly help the world we live in.
This article discusses how the neurotransmitter dopamine has been proven to improve long-term memory. Emrah Düzel, neuroscientist at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Magdeburg and his team made this discovery after testing subjects using the drug L-DOPA. This is a revolutionary discovery that could potentially impact patients with Alzheimer's. Scientists discoveries are making an absolutely incredible impact on the world today.
It this article it says how dopamine can affect long term memory. I found it very interesting that dopamine can help someones long term memory. I think that this is a very good study and scientists should continue to research and learn about it. It could really help people in life especially elderly people. It would benefit people all around the world.
This article explains the neurotransmitter dopamine and how it improves long-term memory. The article shows how Emrah Duzel created this discovery after testing two groups of people. The first group was the experimental group that was given the drug L-DOPA and the second group was the control group that was given the placebo drug. This discovery could eventually create a way to help patients with Alzheimer's Disease, which would make a huge impact on the world.
My grandmother had Alzheimer's disease. It is when you lack dopamine. This article says to keep a memory permanently, dopamine need to be released when it is getting stored. Since the people with this disease has a lack of dopamine, this shows why they lose their memories. They feel that in the future, they will be able to help prevent memory loss for the people that has Alzheimer's disease after their findings in the experiment. L-DOPA helps increase your memory capacity, more than the people that got a placebo in the experiment. - Lizzie Wilmer
Diseases involving dopamine have effected people i'm very close with. My grandfather just died of Alzheimer's disease two months ago. I watched him continulously get worse and worse. He went from being confused about small things like what he had done earlier in the day to not remember who people are all together. Its scary because people who's parents have alzheimer's are a lot more likely to get alzheimers themselves. One of my best friends mom had Parkinson's disease. I know it is very hard on her because her mom has to have a live in nurse with them because she can hardly function by herself. These diseases are very scary and it shows how important dopamine is to our bodies.
This article demonstrates the multiple purposes of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. After reading this article, I learned that through several experiments it was discovered that dopamine can help enhance long term memory. These experiments have proved to be true and show that dopamine and episodic memory are correlated. This shows how episodic memory, which people with Alzheimer’s lack, could be affected by dopamine production. If people suffering from Alzheimer’s received dosages of dopamine, their illness could be cured slightly if not in the future completely.
This article discusses new discoveries found about the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effect on memory. I think this is a study that leads into a cure, or at least a way to lessen the effects, for Alzheimer's Disease. This new lead in the study for the cure for Alzheimer's Disease can give scientists new ideas or a head start to other studies to help with other widespread diseases.
This is kind of interesting i guess, but I feel like it's something that should have been found out sooner. After all, really bad memories are repressed, they know why that is. Things that aren't really special are not really remembered much. However things that are interesting and you enjoy you tend to remember more, but why, they are special to you, why, because they made you feel good, why because you viewed them as good, why your upbringing and because your body and mind told you it was good, why, because you got dopamine. Tada, with all these geniuses out there this seems like something that should have been obvious to them. It might be able to lead to helping with other things such as memory loss, but through teaching the scientists of another approach then dopamine, unless of course their going to 24/7 inject someone with the drug. Hope it does lead somewhere but this should have been something found out a while ago. This is my opinion on this, sorry if it's a bit blunt.
This article was very interesting. Alzheimer's is a terrible disease, so it gives me hope that there is progress in treatment. Dopamine the "feel-good" hormone helps to store long-term memories, and when Alzheimer patients are given increased doses, they score better on memory test. Hopefully scientist can continue their research and find a cure for Alzheimer.
This article examined the effects of the neurotransmitter dopamine on memory retention. The scientists who performed this experiment discovered that regardless of the strength of the encoding of the memory, the addition of dopamine increased retention of the memory. Also, the connection between dopamine and increased memory retention is strengthened by the lessening of dopamine producing neurons as we age. Studies on dopamine like this one could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's. Because dopamine added after the experience can help one remember it, this experiment could illuminate the way toward a possible cure for Alzheimer's.
This article should be read everywhere, it describes how as we age our dopamine levels decrease, and that dopamine has a connection with our memory. I feel that the experiments that researchers are doing with injecting dopamine into patients to see if their memory increases is absolutely amazing. This could be the answer to the cure for Alzheimer's since the dopamine aides to keep long - term memories.
This is very interesting. I knew that dopamine levels did effect memory, but I did not know to what extent. Its interesting that dopamine, the neurotransmitter normally associated with "feeling good" could be used to help dementia patients and others suffering from long term memory loss disorders.
I believe the article was very fascinating and groundbreaking, as it could definitely have a positive effect on the world we live in today and in the future. This article is also interesting because it relates to concepts we have recently explored in class. In the experiment performed by Emrah Düzel, the elderly were given dopamine in order to perform better on a memory test. The results shown that those who received the drug performed better on a memory test than those who did not. This discovery has helped scientists to further understand why memories fade more rapidly following the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have also found that dopamine has an effect on episodic memory, which is the first thing affected by Alzheimer's. Episodic memory helps to store memories permanently. In order for the brain to do this, dopamine must be released. The use of L-DOPA in the experiment intrigued me since we watched "Awakenings" in class and an experiment was conducted using the same drug. The drug helped elderly people to remember more since their neurons the release dopamine decline as they age. Hopefully scientists begin to make more strides in the scientific world because findings such as these can greatly affect our future in a very positive way.
The article discussed the relation of the neurotransmitter dopamine and your memory. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, diseases that effects many elders, is directly correlated to dopamine. Scientists have discovered slight memory improvements by giving elders with Alzheimer's extra doses of dopamine. This is huge development and could really impact our future. Scientist are hoping that in the future they could use their finding to create a cure for Alzheimer's.
Scientists who have studied the "feel-good hormone," Dopamine, have found that it pertains to memory retention. Experimenters have conducted researches on specified age groups who were given the predecessor compared to a some who had taken the placebo. Scientists discovered that the addition of dopamine improved memory attention. They also found that the correlation of dopamine and increase of memory retention is strengthened by the reduced neurotransmitters (dopamine) as we age. This research has lead scientists to understand why memories fade quicker than Alzheimer's, which eventually lead to new treatments. The outbreaks of these experiments have pushed scientists to the next level in understanding memory, dopamine and diseases. If adding dopamine can help someone remember something, then maybe the production of dopamine could be a possible cure for Alzheimer's.
I think that this article is very interesting because it shows how much of an effect Dopamine has on you, especially your memory and movement. Parkinson's disease comes from a lack of Dopamine because the neurotransmitter provides communication between nerve cells and nerve and muscle cells. Researchers led by Duzel prove that Alzheimer's is linked with Dopamine as well by experimenting with older people. The stronger "the feel-good hormone" is, the more likely it is to be remembered. I think that studies like this are very good because it can definitely lead to a new discovery about curing diseases such as Alzheimer's.
This article showed how diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are correlated with the nuero transmitter dopamine. As we age our dopamine levels decrease explaining why our memory strength also reduces. German scientists found that the addition of dopamine can improve retention of memory. If this is continued to be researched we can learn more about it which can hopefully one day lead to a cure to Alzheimer's.
This article is reminiscent of "Awakenings," the Robert DeNiro/Robin Williams movie that we watched in class. It showed the detrimental effects that lack of dopamine could have on people. It was incredible to watch all of these characters who had previously been frozen begin to walk and talk. To me, it makes sense that lack of dopamine also reduces your ability to remember things. As an actress, I'm always memorizing something, a song, a line, a dance, whatever. In the show that we just finished here at HI, I had quite a few lines to learn, and I found that when I could get my line right, and my director or her AD would praise me later, it made me very proud. As a result, once I got a line perfect just once in rehearsal, I would never have to go back and study it again. The praise from my director would cause a release of dopamine, making me feel good. Little to my knowledge, this also helped me to memorize my lines. Hopefully, scientists will continue to work in this field and perhaps someday they cane reduce or eliminate Alzheimer's all together.
The topic of this article is the relation between the drug dopamine and the ability to retain memories. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that allows communication between nerve cells. A lack of this can cause Parkinsons' disease while a steady flow into the brain can give a "feel good" sensation. This neurotransmitter has been proven to play a role in Alzheimers and dementia. Researchers have conducted studies on people between the ages of 65-75 in order to determine the extent of this correlation. Continued study of this drug can allow scientists to further understand the affects of memory loss.
I found this article to be very interesting. Researchers showed how the increase in dopamine levels can affect your memory retention. As we age, your dopamine levels decrease and your memory starts to slowly fade. Many diseases are affected by this correlation and this article proves how much of an impact dopamine has on our bodies. Intake of dopamine could potentially aide in many of these diseases. This article shows a major step in finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease and I hope they find a treatment for it.
This article talks about dopamine as a possible cure for memory disorders. As I was reading this, it made sense. I would think that a person might remember a joyful time or event better than a dull moment. Because the "feel-good hormone" is released during a happy experience, I even catch myself remembering those times better than others. I can see dopamine strengthening a person's memory.
This idea seems logical because people obviously want to remember the best things that happen to them. Even using dopamine to slow down memory disorders seems like it may work. How ever I think the results may not be lasting, similar to that movie watched this semester with Robin Williams. I believe he used the same drug to and eventually the patients went back to their original state. However, I'm curious to see if they could stop the effects of diseases such as dementia would the person still have their lost memories or just not lose anymore?
The article describes the role of Dopamine in long term memory function. On the chemical level, dopamine is released when people are "pleased or motivated", which is easily relatable to how we associate some of our happiest memories. The importance of this study relates to Alzheimer and Parkinson's Disease patients who lack dopamine, and thus have impaired memory function as they get older. The experiment showed that participants given supplementary dopamine (in the form of a drug L-DOPA) had increased memory skills. I think that this drug could become a possible solution for these devastating diseases and could really help elderly people in the future. I wonder if additional dopamine supplements could be used to boost memory function in teenagers, maybe for study purposes?
This article discussed the neurotransmitter dopamine and how it can help increase long term memories. This was fascinating. It talks about how this neurotransmitter could help with people who have Alzheimer and Parkinson's Disease. The experimented that was conducted in the article showed that their was an increase in memory after patients were given dopamine. This idea I believe can help lead to a way to end these diseases.
This article is extremely interesting. It shows the importance of Dopamine and how it can help increase long term memories. This neurotransmitter is being researched as a for cure Alzheimer Disease. Although a full research study has not been done yet, it still proves to be an exciting strive in the Medical world for these dementia patients.
I think that it is incredible that research like this is proving so effective. The fact the dopamine is linked with long-term memory makes sense since I feel like I remember more happy memories than sad ones. It is also great to learn that this could be used in the future to help Alzheimer's is a great leap forward for our society. It was also interesting to see the same drug, L-Dopa, that was used in the movie we watched earlier this semester being used in this study
Dopamine has a direct effect in Alzheimer's disease and experiments have been done to prove that dopamine helps memory. As people age, we lose neurons which contain dopamine, which causes our memory to become faded. These recent experiments and research done by scientists can possibly be extremely important in the future. Patients who suffer from Alzheimer's disease can likely be helped and memory can be restored!
I think it is extremely interesting that the neurotransmitter dopamine has proven to have such an effect on memory, especially when it was previously thought to be unrelated (at least significantly) to memory functions. One of the reasons that it could cause stronger/deeper memories to be formed is the positive sensation/mood/reaction that dopamine produces. If one associates positive feelings and emotions with an image or a word or any other memory, it will likely have a longer lasting affect and fade from memory more slowly. The fact that enhanced memory has been linked to dopamine definitely makes sense.
This article is very interesting especially because my dad has his own nursing home for people with Alzheimer's disease. I have seen mothers who can't remember their daughters name when they walk in the room and I have seen men who can't even remember what they ate for lunch. It is exciting to hear that Dopamine may be able to help cure the memories of patients who suffer from Alzheimer's.
This article discusses the feel-good hormone dopamine and how it improves long term memory. In a test, the people who had taken the placebo dopamine, performed better in a memory test. These findings helped scientists better understand why memories are kept in our brains versus those that fade. Dopamine has become very popular because of its "feel good hormone" that is released to the brain. Now, not only is it making people feel good, it's improving long term memory. Therefore, scientists feel that dopamine could be a possible cure for Alzheimer's. If this "feel good hormone" did cure Alzheimer's, I think it would please a lot of people. It would be a really good thing. Especially because the hormone isn't harmful. I thought this article was interesting. It's interesting how a hormone can make one feel good and improve their long term memory. I really hope they are able to find a cure for awful diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
The article referring to the neurotransmitter Dopamine could be ground breaking. As people age there dopamine levels and other neurotransmitters decline. With the knowledge that dopamine improves memory there could be hope for people with sever memory problems such as Alzheimer's. -Alex Johnson
The effect of the dopamine after six hours is remarkable and could hopefully be used in maybe a way to slow down alzheimers. It will possibly permanetly instill memories into the brain. the only problem that I see is that it could result in a dependence on the dopamine to ensure its ability to store the memories. If they miss a dopamine dosage would they have to start all over and implant new memories? it is a good idea in theory but until a permanent drug can be administered i think it will be hard to give to people and to recommend correct dosages. -William Boor
I think that the use of Dopamine to help increase memory function is really groundbreaking and could definitely help a lot of people. The only problem I find with this is that people may develop a tolerance to the drug and when they might not produce as much dopamine if they go off of the drug.
The fact that dopamine can be linked to so many important areas of your life is amazing. The fact that dopamine is so importantly linked with long term memory and Alzheimers is crazy. Many people can say that this is true for them, because they remember happy memories better than ones that were bad.
I think that this is an amazing article. It is crazy what they have discovered about the effects of dopamine on the brain and memory. Although it worked on the test subjects, there is a possibility that it would not work on everybody, which could be a potential set-back. I think that they should keep researching to see what they can do to improve peoples memory across the board. Hannah Bell
The use of Dopamine to help memory function could really change the world. Just think that if it gets developed well enough it could completely eradicate memory-linked diseases such as Alzheimer's. We could potentially be able to remember every thing we have ever remembered. I think this could be groundbreaking.
This article was very interesting because it discusses how the neurotransmitter Dopamine can be used to help memory. Memory is one of the most important parts of our lives so it is exciting that scientists are making discoveries and now we are one step closer to finding a cure for Alzheimer's!
The fact that dopamine substitutes, such as L-DOPA, can help with memory and possibly help people who suffer from Alzheimer's is amazing. This would affect so many people and be a huge advancement in the field of medicine. However, what happens when L-DOPA stops working on the patients as we saw in the movie Awakenings where L-DOPA was given to people who were practically paralyzed. After a while the L-DOPA started to stop working and the patients fell back into their previous state of being paralyzed.
I found it very interesting that Dopamine has so many uses and impacts our lives in so many ways that we do not even realize. I liked this article because it showed me a scientific approach on Dopamine, whereas in Awakenings I was able to see an emotional approach. It is interesting how researchers could possibly find a cure to Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's impacts so many of our loved ones and causes their lives to be almost completely not even worth living. I think it would be an amazing feat if there was a cure discovered.
This article reminded me of the movie we watched earlier this year with Robin Williams in it. I found it interesting how dopamine had a larger function too. I believe it could be a stronger medicine for Alzheimers, but they did not list any side effects. What if the body became dependent on this drug and stopped producing dopamine? The neurons that produce it decline when we get older, but do not completely stop. If the body were to become dependent on it, then it could have a harsher effect than just the ability to not remember past events. I find it interesting on how they stabilize the synapse for a long time period with it.
I was amazed at what discoveries this article stated they made on the effects of dopamine on the brain and memory. Dopamine causing the stronger memories to be formed is a positive reaction that dopamine produces which is the positive outlook on this article. I hope scientist continue to work in this field of study.
I found this article to be very interesting. More people should know that dopamine can improve long term memory because some people hope to improve their long term memory and reading this article could educate them . It is interesting because a lot of people probably didn't know a hormone could have these effects on memory which is a big part of our everyday life. This could improve many things in the field of medicine if this topic was more widely sought after. I think it is good it improves memory.
It is interesting to me that dopamine is linked to episodic memories which is the first area of memory affected by Alzheimer's disease. In class we talked about a link between lack of ACH and Alzheimer's dementia. However, these findings show that the gap, which increased with time, between elderly patients who took the drug L-DOPA and those who took a placebo was linked to dopamine as well. These findings may provide us with many opportunities to counteract or remit Alzheimer's and those patients who currently suffer from the disease through possible dopamine therapy. If dopamine therapy is not an option, then we may be able to provide susceptible patients with dopamine supplements to encourage correct and permanent encoding of episodic memories.
The article talks about how the older people get the more there neurotransmitters and dopamine levels decline. Finding this out can help doctors find a way to maybe cure many memory loss problems -Darryl Stewart
I am very thankful for dopamine because we are all able to remember awesome moments in our lives. Many times i feel as though funny memories come spontaneously in class or elsewhere. They make me happy and make me smile so i am definitely thankful for dopamine. Imagine if it did not exist and we were simply in a state of short term memory capabilities. It's mind bending to try to imagine. People who have suffered short term memory loss probably don't even remember. Memory certainly is a strange phenomenon. -Chandler Cook
Dopamine is an absolutely fascinating neurotransmitter. After reading this article, this fact stuck out to me the most: as one gets older, neurons, which produce dopamine, decline. Since dopamine seems to have a correlation to episodic memory, this supports the theory that dopamine levels are involved in Alzheimers. The experiments scientists have performed in the past have proven this theory true, and it was interesting reading about their experiment involving memory. I look forward to hearing about the advancements scientists make involving these chemical messengers in the near future! It has the potential to be extremely ground-breaking and beneficial for so many people around the world.
ReplyDeleteThis article shows the multiple facets of the neurotransmitter dopamine and it's various purposes in the brain. Dopamine, associated with mood, motor control, and even memory, plays an important role in our everyday lives. This article explains, through evidence gathered in experiments where dopamine was shown to help enhance memory, that there is a positive correlation between dopamine and an episodic memory. When subjects were given a synthetic dopamine known as L-DOPA, a sharp increase in episodic memory was seen. Episodic memory, which is greatly inhibited in people suffering with Alzheimer's disease, could theoretically be impacted by dopamine production; for certain dopamine-producing neurons in the brain degenerate over time. Simply speaking, if patients with Alzheimer's were given a dosage of synthetic dopamine (in a combination with other factors), their symptoms, or even their illness, could be reversed.
ReplyDeleteDopamine has been proven to be linked with memory and this article discusses a study showing a correlation between dopamine and a drastic increase in episodic memory taking place after six short hours. This could be life changing and the key to defeating Alzheimer's. It will be interesting to see what this study leads to as it is "still in it's infancy".
ReplyDeleteI frequently have memory problems. This article has lightened my fear of the future. I've always known that dopamine was linked to Parkinson's disease but to now know that it can potentially help me with memory is very exciting. The progress that scientist are making provides an excellent sense of security. I believe that by the time I am old most of the diseases that ail old people today will have a cure.
ReplyDeleteThis article explains the link that the neurotransmitter dopamine and the increase of long term memories. The studies by Emrah Düzel have shown that test where dopamine was increased with the drug L-DOPA there was a increase in the episodic memories. These findings could be used to help fight the alzheimers disease which impacts the episodic memories. This drug L-DOPA could then be used to help stop the effects that are caused by the disease.
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses the neurotransmitter dopamine and how in increases long term memories. The article says that this study could help defeat Alzheimer's. Subjects we given a drug L-DOPA in order to increase dopamine. After subjects were given the drug a high increase in episodic memories were seen. I believe that this is a revolutionizing study will greatly help the world we live in.
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses how the neurotransmitter dopamine has been proven to improve long-term memory. Emrah Düzel, neuroscientist at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Magdeburg and his team made this discovery after testing subjects using the drug L-DOPA. This is a revolutionary discovery that could potentially impact patients with Alzheimer's. Scientists discoveries are making an absolutely incredible impact on the world today.
ReplyDeleteIt this article it says how dopamine can affect long term memory. I found it very interesting that dopamine can help someones long term memory. I think that this is a very good study and scientists should continue to research and learn about it. It could really help people in life especially elderly people. It would benefit people all around the world.
ReplyDeleteThis article explains the neurotransmitter dopamine and how it improves long-term memory. The article shows how Emrah Duzel created this discovery after testing two groups of people. The first group was the experimental group that was given the drug L-DOPA and the second group was the control group that was given the placebo drug. This discovery could eventually create a way to help patients with Alzheimer's Disease, which would make a huge impact on the world.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother had Alzheimer's disease. It is when you lack dopamine. This article says to keep a memory permanently, dopamine need to be released when it is getting stored. Since the people with this disease has a lack of dopamine, this shows why they lose their memories. They feel that in the future, they will be able to help prevent memory loss for the people that has Alzheimer's disease after their findings in the experiment. L-DOPA helps increase your memory capacity, more than the people that got a placebo in the experiment.
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Diseases involving dopamine have effected people i'm very close with. My grandfather just died of Alzheimer's disease two months ago. I watched him continulously get worse and worse. He went from being confused about small things like what he had done earlier in the day to not remember who people are all together. Its scary because people who's parents have alzheimer's are a lot more likely to get alzheimers themselves. One of my best friends mom had Parkinson's disease. I know it is very hard on her because her mom has to have a live in nurse with them because she can hardly function by herself. These diseases are very scary and it shows how important dopamine is to our bodies.
ReplyDeleteThis article demonstrates the multiple purposes of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. After reading this article, I learned that through several experiments it was discovered that dopamine can help enhance long term memory. These experiments have proved to be true and show that dopamine and episodic memory are correlated. This shows how episodic memory, which people with Alzheimer’s lack, could be affected by dopamine production. If people suffering from Alzheimer’s received dosages of dopamine, their illness could be cured slightly if not in the future completely.
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses new discoveries found about the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effect on memory. I think this is a study that leads into a cure, or at least a way to lessen the effects, for Alzheimer's Disease. This new lead in the study for the cure for Alzheimer's Disease can give scientists new ideas or a head start to other studies to help with other widespread diseases.
ReplyDeleteThis is kind of interesting i guess, but I feel like it's something that should have been found out sooner. After all, really bad memories are repressed, they know why that is. Things that aren't really special are not really remembered much. However things that are interesting and you enjoy you tend to remember more, but why, they are special to you, why, because they made you feel good, why because you viewed them as good, why your upbringing and because your body and mind told you it was good, why, because you got dopamine. Tada, with all these geniuses out there this seems like something that should have been obvious to them. It might be able to lead to helping with other things such as memory loss, but through teaching the scientists of another approach then dopamine, unless of course their going to 24/7 inject someone with the drug. Hope it does lead somewhere but this should have been something found out a while ago. This is my opinion on this, sorry if it's a bit blunt.
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This article was very interesting. Alzheimer's is a terrible disease, so it gives me hope that there is progress in treatment. Dopamine the "feel-good" hormone helps to store long-term memories, and when Alzheimer patients are given increased doses, they score better on memory test. Hopefully scientist can continue their research and find a cure for Alzheimer.
ReplyDeleteThis article examined the effects of the neurotransmitter dopamine on memory retention. The scientists who performed this experiment discovered that regardless of the strength of the encoding of the memory, the addition of dopamine increased retention of the memory. Also, the connection between dopamine and increased memory retention is strengthened by the lessening of dopamine producing neurons as we age. Studies on dopamine like this one could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's. Because dopamine added after the experience can help one remember it, this experiment could illuminate the way toward a possible cure for Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteThis article should be read everywhere, it describes how as we age our dopamine levels decrease, and that dopamine has a connection with our memory. I feel that the experiments that researchers are doing with injecting dopamine into patients to see if their memory increases is absolutely amazing. This could be the answer to the cure for Alzheimer's since the dopamine aides to keep long - term memories.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. I knew that dopamine levels did effect memory, but I did not know to what extent. Its interesting that dopamine, the neurotransmitter normally associated with "feeling good" could be used to help dementia patients and others suffering from long term memory loss disorders.
ReplyDeleteI believe the article was very fascinating and groundbreaking, as it could definitely have a positive effect on the world we live in today and in the future. This article is also interesting because it relates to concepts we have recently explored in class. In the experiment performed by Emrah Düzel, the elderly were given dopamine in order to perform better on a memory test. The results shown that those who received the drug performed better on a memory test than those who did not. This discovery has helped scientists to further understand why memories fade more rapidly following the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have also found that dopamine has an effect on episodic memory, which is the first thing affected by Alzheimer's. Episodic memory helps to store memories permanently. In order for the brain to do this, dopamine must be released. The use of L-DOPA in the experiment intrigued me since we watched "Awakenings" in class and an experiment was conducted using the same drug. The drug helped elderly people to remember more since their neurons the release dopamine decline as they age. Hopefully scientists begin to make more strides in the scientific world because findings such as these can greatly affect our future in a very positive way.
ReplyDeleteThe article discussed the relation of the neurotransmitter dopamine and your memory. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, diseases that effects many elders, is directly correlated to dopamine. Scientists have discovered slight memory improvements by giving elders with Alzheimer's extra doses of dopamine. This is huge development and could really impact our future. Scientist are hoping that in the future they could use their finding to create a cure for Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteScientists who have studied the "feel-good hormone," Dopamine, have found that it pertains to memory retention. Experimenters have conducted researches on specified age groups who were given the predecessor compared to a some who had taken the placebo. Scientists discovered that the addition of dopamine improved memory attention. They also found that the correlation of dopamine and increase of memory retention is strengthened by the reduced neurotransmitters (dopamine) as we age. This research has lead scientists to understand why memories fade quicker than Alzheimer's, which eventually lead to new treatments. The outbreaks of these experiments have pushed scientists to the next level in understanding memory, dopamine and diseases. If adding dopamine can help someone remember something, then maybe the production of dopamine could be a possible cure for Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteI think that this article is very interesting because it shows how much of an effect Dopamine has on you, especially your memory and movement. Parkinson's disease comes from a lack of Dopamine because the neurotransmitter provides communication between nerve cells and nerve and muscle cells. Researchers led by Duzel prove that Alzheimer's is linked with Dopamine as well by experimenting with older people. The stronger "the feel-good hormone" is, the more likely it is to be remembered. I think that studies like this are very good because it can definitely lead to a new discovery about curing diseases such as Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteThis article showed how diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are correlated with the nuero transmitter dopamine. As we age our dopamine levels decrease explaining why our memory strength also reduces. German scientists found that the addition of dopamine can improve retention of memory. If this is continued to be researched we can learn more about it which can hopefully one day lead to a cure to Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteThis article is reminiscent of "Awakenings," the Robert DeNiro/Robin Williams movie that we watched in class. It showed the detrimental effects that lack of dopamine could have on people. It was incredible to watch all of these characters who had previously been frozen begin to walk and talk. To me, it makes sense that lack of dopamine also reduces your ability to remember things. As an actress, I'm always memorizing something, a song, a line, a dance, whatever. In the show that we just finished here at HI, I had quite a few lines to learn, and I found that when I could get my line right, and my director or her AD would praise me later, it made me very proud. As a result, once I got a line perfect just once in rehearsal, I would never have to go back and study it again. The praise from my director would cause a release of dopamine, making me feel good. Little to my knowledge, this also helped me to memorize my lines. Hopefully, scientists will continue to work in this field and perhaps someday they cane reduce or eliminate Alzheimer's all together.
ReplyDeleteThe topic of this article is the relation between the drug dopamine and the ability to retain memories. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that allows communication between nerve cells. A lack of this can cause Parkinsons' disease while a steady flow into the brain can give a "feel good" sensation. This neurotransmitter has been proven to play a role in Alzheimers and dementia. Researchers have conducted studies on people between the ages of 65-75 in order to determine the extent of this correlation. Continued study of this drug can allow scientists to further understand the affects of memory loss.
ReplyDeleteI found this article to be very interesting. Researchers showed how the increase in dopamine levels can affect your memory retention. As we age, your dopamine levels decrease and your memory starts to slowly fade. Many diseases are affected by this correlation and this article proves how much of an impact dopamine has on our bodies. Intake of dopamine could potentially aide in many of these diseases. This article shows a major step in finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease and I hope they find a treatment for it.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about dopamine as a possible cure for memory disorders. As I was reading this, it made sense. I would think that a person might remember a joyful time or event better than a dull moment. Because the "feel-good hormone" is released during a happy experience, I even catch myself remembering those times better than others. I can see dopamine strengthening a person's memory.
ReplyDeleteThis idea seems logical because people obviously want to remember the best things that happen to them. Even using dopamine to slow down memory disorders seems like it may work. How ever I think the results may not be lasting, similar to that movie watched this semester with Robin Williams. I believe he used the same drug to and eventually the patients went back to their original state. However, I'm curious to see if they could stop the effects of diseases such as dementia would the person still have their lost memories or just not lose anymore?
ReplyDeleteThe article describes the role of Dopamine in long term memory function. On the chemical level, dopamine is released when people are "pleased or motivated", which is easily relatable to how we associate some of our happiest memories. The importance of this study relates to Alzheimer and Parkinson's Disease patients who lack dopamine, and thus have impaired memory function as they get older. The experiment showed that participants given supplementary dopamine (in the form of a drug L-DOPA) had increased memory skills. I think that this drug could become a possible solution for these devastating diseases and could really help elderly people in the future. I wonder if additional dopamine supplements could be used to boost memory function in teenagers, maybe for study purposes?
ReplyDeleteThis article discussed the neurotransmitter dopamine and how it can help increase long term memories. This was fascinating. It talks about how this neurotransmitter could help with people who have Alzheimer and Parkinson's Disease. The experimented that was conducted in the article showed that their was an increase in memory after patients were given dopamine. This idea I believe can help lead to a way to end these diseases.
ReplyDeleteThis article is extremely interesting. It shows the importance of Dopamine and how it can help increase long term memories. This neurotransmitter is being researched as a for cure Alzheimer Disease. Although a full research study has not been done yet, it still proves to be an exciting strive in the Medical world for these dementia patients.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is incredible that research like this is proving so effective. The fact the dopamine is linked with long-term memory makes sense since I feel like I remember more happy memories than sad ones. It is also great to learn that this could be used in the future to help Alzheimer's is a great leap forward for our society. It was also interesting to see the same drug, L-Dopa, that was used in the movie we watched earlier this semester being used in this study
ReplyDeleteDopamine has a direct effect in Alzheimer's disease and experiments have been done to prove that dopamine helps memory. As people age, we lose neurons which contain dopamine, which causes our memory to become faded. These recent experiments and research done by scientists can possibly be extremely important in the future. Patients who suffer from Alzheimer's disease can likely be helped and memory can be restored!
ReplyDeleteI think it is extremely interesting that the neurotransmitter dopamine has proven to have such an effect on memory, especially when it was previously thought to be unrelated (at least significantly) to memory functions. One of the reasons that it could cause stronger/deeper memories to be formed is the positive sensation/mood/reaction that dopamine produces. If one associates positive feelings and emotions with an image or a word or any other memory, it will likely have a longer lasting affect and fade from memory more slowly. The fact that enhanced memory has been linked to dopamine definitely makes sense.
ReplyDeleteThis article is very interesting especially because my dad has his own nursing home for people with Alzheimer's disease. I have seen mothers who can't remember their daughters name when they walk in the room and I have seen men who can't even remember what they ate for lunch. It is exciting to hear that Dopamine may be able to help cure the memories of patients who suffer from Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses the feel-good hormone dopamine and how it improves long term memory. In a test, the people who had taken the placebo dopamine, performed better in a memory test. These findings helped scientists better understand why memories are kept in our brains versus those that fade. Dopamine has become very popular because of its "feel good hormone" that is released to the brain. Now, not only is it making people feel good, it's improving long term memory. Therefore, scientists feel that dopamine could be a possible cure for Alzheimer's. If this "feel good hormone" did cure Alzheimer's, I think it would please a lot of people. It would be a really good thing. Especially because the hormone isn't harmful. I thought this article was interesting. It's interesting how a hormone can make one feel good and improve their long term memory. I really hope they are able to find a cure for awful diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
ReplyDeleteThe article referring to the neurotransmitter Dopamine could be ground breaking. As people age there dopamine levels and other neurotransmitters decline. With the knowledge that dopamine improves memory there could be hope for people with sever memory problems such as Alzheimer's.
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The effect of the dopamine after six hours is remarkable and could hopefully be used in maybe a way to slow down alzheimers. It will possibly permanetly instill memories into the brain. the only problem that I see is that it could result in a dependence on the dopamine to ensure its ability to store the memories. If they miss a dopamine dosage would they have to start all over and implant new memories? it is a good idea in theory but until a permanent drug can be administered i think it will be hard to give to people and to recommend correct dosages.
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I think that the use of Dopamine to help increase memory function is really groundbreaking and could definitely help a lot of people. The only problem I find with this is that people may develop a tolerance to the drug and when they might not produce as much dopamine if they go off of the drug.
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The fact that dopamine can be linked to so many important areas of your life is amazing. The fact that dopamine is so importantly linked with long term memory and Alzheimers is crazy. Many people can say that this is true for them, because they remember happy memories better than ones that were bad.
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I think that this is an amazing article. It is crazy what they have discovered about the effects of dopamine on the brain and memory. Although it worked on the test subjects, there is a possibility that it would not work on everybody, which could be a potential set-back. I think that they should keep researching to see what they can do to improve peoples memory across the board.
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The use of Dopamine to help memory function could really change the world. Just think that if it gets developed well enough it could completely eradicate memory-linked diseases such as Alzheimer's. We could potentially be able to remember every thing we have ever remembered. I think this could be groundbreaking.
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This article was very interesting because it discusses how the neurotransmitter Dopamine can be used to help memory. Memory is one of the most important parts of our lives so it is exciting that scientists are making discoveries and now we are one step closer to finding a cure for Alzheimer's!
ReplyDeleteThe fact that dopamine substitutes, such as L-DOPA, can help with memory and possibly help people who suffer from Alzheimer's is amazing. This would affect so many people and be a huge advancement in the field of medicine. However, what happens when L-DOPA stops working on the patients as we saw in the movie Awakenings where L-DOPA was given to people who were practically paralyzed. After a while the L-DOPA started to stop working and the patients fell back into their previous state of being paralyzed.
ReplyDeleteI found it very interesting that Dopamine has so many uses and impacts our lives in so many ways that we do not even realize. I liked this article because it showed me a scientific approach on Dopamine, whereas in Awakenings I was able to see an emotional approach. It is interesting how researchers could possibly find a cure to Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's impacts so many of our loved ones and causes their lives to be almost completely not even worth living. I think it would be an amazing feat if there was a cure discovered.
ReplyDeleteThis article reminded me of the movie we watched earlier this year with Robin Williams in it. I found it interesting how dopamine had a larger function too. I believe it could be a stronger medicine for Alzheimers, but they did not list any side effects. What if the body became dependent on this drug and stopped producing dopamine? The neurons that produce it decline when we get older, but do not completely stop. If the body were to become dependent on it, then it could have a harsher effect than just the ability to not remember past events. I find it interesting on how they stabilize the synapse for a long time period with it.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed at what discoveries this article stated they made on the effects of dopamine on the brain and memory. Dopamine causing the stronger memories to be formed is a positive reaction that dopamine produces which is the positive outlook on this article. I hope scientist continue to work in this field of study.
ReplyDeleteI found this article to be very interesting. More people should know that dopamine can improve long term memory because some people hope to improve their long term memory and reading this article could educate them . It is interesting because a lot of people probably didn't know a hormone could have these effects on memory which is a big part of our everyday life. This could improve many things in the field of medicine if this topic was more widely sought after. I think it is good it improves memory.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to me that dopamine is linked to episodic memories which is the first area of memory affected by Alzheimer's disease. In class we talked about a link between lack of ACH and Alzheimer's dementia. However, these findings show that the gap, which increased with time, between elderly patients who took the drug L-DOPA and those who took a placebo was linked to dopamine as well. These findings may provide us with many opportunities to counteract or remit Alzheimer's and those patients who currently suffer from the disease through possible dopamine therapy. If dopamine therapy is not an option, then we may be able to provide susceptible patients with dopamine supplements to encourage correct and permanent encoding of episodic memories.
ReplyDeleteThe article talks about how the older people get the more there neurotransmitters and dopamine levels decline. Finding this out can help doctors find a way to maybe cure many memory loss problems
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I am very thankful for dopamine because we are all able to remember awesome moments in our lives. Many times i feel as though funny memories come spontaneously in class or elsewhere. They make me happy and make me smile so i am definitely thankful for dopamine. Imagine if it did not exist and we were simply in a state of short term memory capabilities. It's mind bending to try to imagine. People who have suffered short term memory loss probably don't even remember. Memory certainly is a strange phenomenon. -Chandler Cook
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