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Adrenaline (epinephrine) and noradrenaline (norepinephrine) are sympathetic neurotransmitters that:

- increase excitatory neurotransmission in the central and autonomic nervous systems

- induce vasoconstriction (increasing blood pressure, shunting blood away from the surface of tissues, etc.)

- induce glycolysis through a cascade mechanism, whereby glycogen is quickly broken down into glucose in cells, increasing blood sugar levels to aid increased glucose metabolism in the brain and other organs

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Stimulants effect the brain in many ways! Most of the time they increase levels of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the Brian. These chemicals often are abused due to Dopamine increasing the pleasure responses in the Brain and Norepinephrine for its effects on mood. That is why people do cocaine or take prescriptions like Adderall or Ritalin to achieve hit higher than normal pleasure signals in the brain. Just a statistic, a line of cocaine insufflated increases dopamine levels by 150% instantly, and is why it is abused! Most people who are drug addicts that use illegal stimulants actually have ADD/ADHD and are using these drugs to combat the disorder and not even know it! They are very addictive and can have bad side effects and withdrawal symptoms!!! Some side effects from stimulants are nervousness, irritability, seizers, coma, or death!!! Withdrawal symptoms are all the same but without the death part. LOL!!! Getting tired! Time for a cup of coffee!!! LOL... Remember Caffeine does the same thing!!!

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The pre-frontal visual cortex.

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