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Oversupplied
Acetylcholine (ACh) Excitatory at synapses Paralysis, Alzheimer’s disease
involved with movement (undersupply)
and memory
Serotonin Governs sleep, appetite and Depression (undersupply)
temperature Obsessive Compulsive
Enhanced by Prozac Disorder (medications block
High levels or sensitivity to serotonin reuptake inhibitors –
it are associated with serotonin cannot re-enter its
serenity and optimism home neuron)
Depression (undersupply)
Histamine has been found to have a When brain histamine levels
pacemaker function within soar out of control, other
the brain frightening symptoms occur.
The tendency to hyperactivity,
compulsive behavior and
severe depression increases as
histamine rises abnormally.
Dopamine Involved with learning, Schizophrenia (oversupply)
emotional arousal and and Parkinson’s disease
movement (undersupply)