Unlocking Pleasure: Understanding the Neuroscience of the Brain's Reward System
DISCLAIMER: This webinar discusses mature topics such as drugs and sex, even if they are discussed in an educational context. Please watch at your discretion.
Recording date: 22nd June 2023
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About this event
Join us for an exciting journey into the world of the #rewardsystem and its impact on our behaviour. We will delve into the anatomy and chemistry of the reward #pathway in the brain and how changes in the #neurons can lead to psychiatric disorders.
Our expert, Nat Hawley, will take us through the cutting-edge experiments that study the reward pathway in living humans, giving us an in-depth understanding of this critical aspect of brain function. Get ready to explore the intricacies of the reward system and how it shapes our behaviour.
On this day, we aim to cover:
How the reward system forms our behaviours
A look at neurons and how their change can cause psychiatric disorders
How experiments can study the reward pathway in the living human
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:43 - About Exceptional Individuals, Neurodiversity and this Webinar
02:37 - About Us/Parkinson's Disease and the Brain webinar
03:35 - The Reward System of the Brain
04:00 - How do you reward yourself?
05:55 - Rewards
08:13 - Which ones are natural rewards?
10:27 - How does good food make you feel?
12:05 - Natural Rewards
14:22 - Rank the natural reward that you respond best to
15:27 - Neuroscience 101
15:42 - A Neuron
17:01 - Neurotransmitters are released into synapses.
17:50 - Close-up of synapse
19:10 - What symbol shows the neurotransmitter dopamine?
20:10 - Dopamine - True or False?
22:42 - Where in the brain is the VTA?
24:35 - Reward Experiment on Rodents
26:16 - What drugs/behaviours cause the biggest release of dopamine in the brain?
27:44 - The dopamine-releasing drug can lead to addiction...
32:21 - Consequences of drugs
35:01 - Normal firing of dopamine neurons releasing dopamine
35:47 - Re-uptake of dopamine is slower
38:36 - Ongoing Research
39:53 - Summary
41:00 - Library (Pause to read)
41:12 - Exceptional Individuals YouTube channel
41:35 - Neurodiversity Fake News webinar
42:11 - Contact Us
42:49 - End screen
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