Hi, Scott. Your query requires all of Neuroscience for its answer.
All 'areas' of the nervous system communicate widely within the nervous
system, most often, via many 'relays', so one cannot [Honestly] discuss
anything in particular without discussing 'everything'.
There's Waste [and Danger] in approaching nervous system function via
dis-integrated 'specifics'. Such leads to 'conclusions' that, for instance,
it's "possible" to 'take a pill', that targets only the 'specifics',and
'fix' stuff, when such is, in fact, Impossible, because neurotransmitter
specificity occurs with respect to the nervous system's internal
information-processing problem, and not to subjective experience. [For those
who have it, see all of AoK, and, inparticular, the discussion of
"functional multiplexing" in Ap9.]
If you want to get started on an integrated understanding of nervous system
function, first, understand that it's not a 'snap-your-fingers' kind of
thing, and if you're still willing to pursue it, I have an old MSDOS
hypertext doc ["On the Automation of Knowing within Central Nervous
Systems..." [AoK]] that will assist you. [Runs under MSDOS or Windows.] Msg
back, privately, if you want a copy.]
Cheers, ken [k. p. collins]
Scott Powell wrote in message ...
>What is the effect of emotions, chemically, on the function of a neuron?
>Most specifically, I wonder about these emotions:
>>- Happiness or Euphoria
>- Fear or Adrenaline
>- Love, if it can be divined, or likes/dislikes
>>Has anyone derived the effects of each emotion on the physical properties
>of the brain and most importantly the interaction between neurons? do
>emotions target specific portions of the brain, or simply flood the
>whole?
>>Thank you for any information you may divulge,
>>Scott Powell
