Neuropeptides-Molecules of Emotions

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After years of studying the form and function of neuropeptides (tiny bits of

protein that consist of strings of amino acids), Pert has concluded that they

are responsible for our emotions -- not only the familiar feelings of anger,

fear, sadness, joy, contentment, and courage, but also spiritual inspiration,

awe, bliss, and other states of consciousness that scientists have never

physiologically explained.

 

 

Scientists have found neuropeptide receptors throughout the nervous system, and

Pert's research has shown that the immune system also produces its own.

 

She has come to believe that the brain and the nervous, endocrine, and immune

systems are interlocked in a " psychoimmunoendocrine " network that serves as a

multidirectional, body-wide system in which every part communicates with every

other part.

 

This concept nullifies the prevailing idea that the mind has power over the

body.

" Instead, emotions are the nexus between mind and

matter, going back and forth between the two and influencing both, " says Pert.

 

 

Dr Candace Pert, (her book is titled " Molecules of Emotions " )

 

Georgetown University Medical Center

Department of Physiology & Biophysics

School of Medicine