Circadian rhythm Quote by Richard Guare

“brainwaves slow from agitated beta to daydreamy alpha and deeper theta. Neurochemically, stress chemicals like norepinephrine and cortisol are replaced by performance-enhancing, pleasure-producing compounds…

— Steven Kotler

Dopamine makes up less than one percent of the brain's neurotransmitters. It's a small portion. Dopamine is released when people are happy, angry, stressed.…

— Carl Hart

Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don't act out your…

— Mike Birbiglia

So someone who is a child usually goes to bed about 8:00 or 9:00 at night, but then when they have a circadian rhythm…

— Shelby Harris

Most of us know that the hormone melatonin helps regulate our sleep. But it also seems to play another role - suppressing cancer growth.

— Michael Greger

When you are more awake at nights, they'll toss and turn, they'll think more, they get frustrated. And when that starts to happen, you…

— Shelby Harris

What drug will keep night from coming?

— Neko Case

Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) - It?s not a place we go, it is a state of…

— Bill Crawford

“Throughout the human life span there remains a constant two-way interaction between psychological states and the neurochemistry of the frontal lobes, a fact that…

— Gabor Maté

Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.

— Thomas A. Edison

We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people…

— Shelby Harris

“She began using B vitamins, magnesium, and 5-HTP twice daily, along with tryptophan and a melatonin complex at night. Sure enough, within five days…

— Henry Emmons