Neuropsypharmacology

Soldiers used psychoactive drugs to : 1.improve performance  of soldiers by suppressing hunger, increasing the ability to sustain effort without food 2. increasing and lengthening wakefullness . 3.suppressing fear, reducing empathy, and improving reflexes and memory-recall,  4. Improve concrntration focus  5.  Endure will power  Cases of used drugs 1. Benzedrine was claimed to have been administered by allied forces during WWII esp. by the US --Germany and Japan used methamphetamine. Panzerschokolade  (Methamphetamine) during  WWII  by Nazi Germany In WWII, cocaine was considered for inclusion as an ingredient of a future generation of "pep pills" code named  D-IX  for the German military. [34] COMMONLY used drugs 1. Modafinil - increases alert ness 2. Amphetamine 3. Sleeping pills 4. Cocaine : pep pills as DX2 by Nazi 's 5.  Methamphetamine 6.  Morphine ---reduces pain and injuries 7.  Tilofibrate---anticoagulan...

Inception : It is related to plant an idea or thought into minds of person during sleep.   Is it possible now? -- Nobody in real for now can share a dream by just sitting next to him .However , they may share same experiences if directed to do so in lucid dreaming ---Research is still going to study inception but its too risky to play with the subconscious mind as person may be unable to differentiate dream and reality.  What is lucid dreaming? Lucid dreaming is a state of hybrid of REM sleep and awake in which person know he is awake but can modify his dreams as he want.  It was shown  when more than 8mg of galatamine is injected intravenously.  Lucid dreaming is used to enhance creativity, memory, decision making, critical thinking and lucid dreams were associated with significantly higher levels of recall, cognitive clarity, control, positive emotion, sensory vividness and self-reflection on one's thoughts and feelings compared to non-lucid dreams." How incep...

Changes in brain : 1. Increase in hippocampus.  hippocampus is involved in memory processing and is known to shrink with age. Mostly common in dementia,  Alzheimer's disease. 2.The amygdala, a brain structure that contributes to emotional regulation, tends to be larger in yoga practitioners than in their peers who do not practice yoga. 3.The prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex  also tend to be larger or more efficient in those who regularly practice yoga. 4. The practice of yoga helps improve emotional regulation to reduce stress, anxiety and depression.  5 .those who had done yoga for eight weeks had an attenuated cortisol response to stress that was associated with better performance on tests of decision-making, task-switching and attention." 6. Increases foldings in brains :ie gyrification In the process, they allow more surface area, which holds more neurons, to fit in your skull. 7. Increases gray matter -  Changes in neurons: 1.Release happy hormones : fop...