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Seven Ways of Harnessing the Power Of Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins & Oxytocin

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Today, we'll explore the four molecules associated with happiness. We'll see what that model can teach us, and we'll land on seven practices for maintaining a balance that allows happiness to arise. We also discuss ways of corralling your reward center to do your bidding, instead of the other way around.


References

Dopamine

  • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22581-dopamine
  • https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/dopamine-the-pathway-to-pleasure    
  • Fifty years of dopamine research

    • Endorphins

    • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23040-endorphins
    • Endorphins: The brain’s natural pain reliever
    • https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0511(95)05118-T
    • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.019
    • https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0511(95)05118-T
    • Release of Endomorphin Hormone and Its Effects on Our Body and Moods: A Review
    • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274331
    • https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770220061006
    • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Entedhar-Sarhat/post/what_hormones_are_released_during_pain/attachment/5b4e6c0d4cde265cb64fc318/AS%3A649507758960640%401531866125064/download/Release+of+Endomorphin+Hormone+and+Its.pdf
    • https://www.snexplores.org/article/sunlight-makes-pleasure-chemical-body

      • Serotonin

      • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22572-serotonin
      • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494274/
        • How Relevant is the Systemic Oxytocin Concentration for Human Sexual Behavior? A Systematic Review

          • Oxytocin

          • The orgasmic history of oxytocin: Love, lust, and labor
          • Chemicals between us: Surprising effects of oxytocin on cocaine addiction
          • Intranasal oxytocin may improve odds of abstinence in cocaine-dependent patients: results from a preliminary study
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