Suddenly your brain would tell you that you are probably standing too straight and your head may soon touch the distribution electrical conductors overhead. You don't want your head to touch those cables now, do you?"
I found that funny lol.
Say someone snorts cocaine or injects it, the drug enters his or her bloodstream and goes to his head (no wonder they shake it).
It would be more proper to say it “crosses the blood-brain barrier” but I guess you’re just being informal :)
Dopamine is an organic chemical of the amine group (DA, a contraction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine)
I suppose you meant that dopamine contains an amino group as evident in the structure :).
Dopamine receptors are the primary endogenous ligand to dopamine, meaning that they easily bind to form a biomolecule that serves certain biological purposes.
Receptors are not ligands. Ligands actually bind to receptors. I suppose you are meant to refer to dopamine as an endogenous ligand, just like acetylcholine could be considered one as they are both produced in the body. Hence, the word “endogenous”
Great post anyway :)
I always try to write informally to make the post readable and interesting. Unfortunately, this affects the scientific exactness of my posts. But I am not writing for professionals only. Majority of my audience, I suppose, are just regular people and my posts are meant to clear up some details about certain life issues. I feel satisfied whenever I am able to do that. I do not expect professionals to find my posts interesting at all because I post basic stuff in a way everyone can understand them. Professionals have academic journals to keep updated in their fields. In fact I expect that they can pick many holes in my posts if they mean to.
If a non-science person reads my post and realizes that staying away from drugs of abuse completely is the best approach to fighting addiction, but that if they are addicted, they lose the ability to help themself and must seek help outside, then I have achieved my purpose for this post. People like you should go and read textbooks and journals: I can't help you :)
Thank you for the errors you have pointed out. I will look over them and correct where necessary. I am glad you found the first part funny. I did too. All the best :)
Lol all the best man. You know you still remain one of my favorite authors. I was actually just contributing as this is my field. Glad you took it in good faith :).
That means a lot. I appreciate the kind words.