The Addicted brain / KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
This documentary takes viewers on a tour of the world's most prolific manufacturer and user of drugs-the human brain. The biochemistry of the brain is responsible for joggers' highs, for the compulsion of some people to seek thrills, for certain kinds of obsessive-compulsive behavior, even for the d...
Uniform Title: | Films on Demand.
Brain (New York, N.Y.) |
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Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2005], ©1987.
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Series: | Films on Demand.
Brain (New York, N.Y.) |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (26 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
Format: | Electronic Video |
Contents:
- Chemicals Comprise Everything (1:59)
- Disrupting Balance in the Brain (3:11)
- Runner's High (2:17)
- Getting Hooked (2:55)
- Monitoring Brain Activity: PET Scan (3:04)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (1:45)
- Serotonin: Messenger Molecule (3:23)
- Endorphins and Opiates (6:00)