What Bond Is This?

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The discussion centers around the dopamine molecule, specifically its structure and the nature of its bonds, which are identified as covalent. Participants express curiosity about dopamine's role in happiness and pleasure, noting that while dopamine is often associated with feelings of happiness, its function is more complex. It plays a significant role in reward anticipation rather than just the experience of pleasure. The conversation also touches on the implications of low dopamine levels, linking them to conditions such as depression, ADHD, and Parkinson's disease. However, it is clarified that Parkinson's is not simply a result of insufficient enjoyment in life, but rather due to the degeneration of dopamine-producing cells, with the exact cause of this degeneration remaining unknown.
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what bond is this?
 
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I think that's the structure for a dopamine molecule
 
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Do you mean to ask what the bonds are or what molecule it is? Because it's dopamine.
 
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Dopamine? the thing that makes you happy? interesting...
 
ZeroPivot said:
what bond is this?

Covalent one.

Not that I know which bond you are interested in, but all bonds in the molecule of this particular compound are covalent, so I bet it is a correct answer.
 
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ZeroPivot said:
what bond is this?

A bond for life*?
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*A rather geeky one at that...
 
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Enigman said:
A bond for life*?
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*A rather geeky one at that...


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ZeroPivot said:
Dopamine? the thing that makes you happy? interesting...

Actually it's far more complicated than that, some studies suggest that without dopamine it is possible for a creature to experience pleasure but will not have any drive to seek pleasure. Thus dopamine could be important in reward anticipation rather than reward itself.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18320725
 
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Ryan_m_b said:
Actually it's far more complicated than that, some studies suggest that without dopamine it is possible for a creature to experience pleasure but will not have any drive to seek pleasure. Thus dopamine could be important in reward anticipation rather than reward itself.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18320725

low dopamine = low sex drive?
 
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ZeroPivot said:
low dopamine = low sex drive?

Dopamine is involved in many different processes and low dopamine is associated with depression, ADHD and Parkinson's to name a few.
 
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Ryan_m_b said:
Dopamine is involved in many different processes and low dopamine is associated with depression, ADHD and Parkinson's to name a few.

oh damn, so to avoid parkinson have lots of fun?
 
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Parkinson's is caused by the death of dopamine excreting cells, the exact cause of the die off is unknown but it isn't because sufferers didn't have enough fun.
 
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Ryan_m_b said:
Parkinson's is caused by the death of dopamine excreting cells, the exact cause of the die off is unknown but it isn't because sufferers didn't have enough fun.

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