Development of BABY

Becoming a Mother at the age of 21 years of age was a little earlier than I had anticipated, mind you I was having a wonderful time exploring my early twenties. When I found out about pregnancy my biggest fears were how long have I been pregnant and what are going to be the causes of drinking? (I had no clue until I was actually 8 weeks.) 

According to research done and previous information from my Child Development Course, I was clearly in the Embryonic Period of the pregnancy (between 2 to 8 weeks) and that is one of the critical period when particular organs is most susceptible to damage. 

I spoke to my OBGYN and come to find that I was okay and that I had only drank beer once during that time and that the amount of exposure  was okay. That it was harmless but explicitly stated that it must not happen anymore because it could damage my baby. I was very careful with my new chapter in my life and I knew that I must be careful with everything I did and also with the things I was exposing myself to and my baby.

I feel very strongly against someone that is aware of a pregnancy and continues to drink alcohol. The dangers are Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and this could cause facial and heart deformities, usually below average IQ or mental retardation. I feel that the importance of educating not only mothers but also fathers of the great harm that it is causing the baby. 

I chose this video to show all the possible teratogens that could impair prenatal development and if pregnant to think of the all the pain the baby would go through if the mother is not careful.

A family must remember the actions that are made and remember that a new addition to the family is a blessing. 

Dopamine Chapter 3

Do you truly want to do drugs to feel good? 

The activation of nucleus accumbens in the human body comes from simply imagining 

something good or doing something good that causes gratification. It could be best called the "brain pleasure center" . This area is a link to the cause of addiction and depression. To activate the nucleus accumbens there needs to be dopamine to be present to activate the neurotransmitter.

Wanting to have pleasure already increases the expectancy reward. The liking - wanting is important because people who are addicted to illicit drugs show a drive to obtain the drug even though it does not provide a pleasure anymore because of the addiction. 

What drugs cause the increase of dopamine levels?  

The causes of to high levels of dopamine can really hurt the human body, the the brain and body 

remain in a heightened state of alertness. This state of alertness leads to feelings of irritability, 

nervousness and paranoia. Chronic exposure to high levels of dopamine can lead to outbursts 

of violent behavior and a psychosis similar to schizophrenia, according to the Center for 

Substance Abuse Research.

After high levels excitement then the levels of dopamine wear off and depression usually kicks 

in and could truly hurt any individual. 

After the information provided do you really want to do drugs or get addicted to drugs? Think of 

the damage it could you or your family.

Dopamine is already present why hurt yourself with the consumption of drugs.

Construction of Neurons

The concept of Neurons for me has never been something that I could actually think about or really want to understand. My only understanding of it was that its somewhere in my body and so what?! After reading and seeing the Neuron it blew my mind. The fact is it is important and the knowledge of its functions and reasons for even being part of our human body is crucial. Personally the Neuron is complex and after several readings and videos its still causes me panic when I am asked about it, but every time I go over it the Neuron is extremely interesting. Our human body consists of approximately 100 billion neurons. The construction of the neuron seems simple but the truth is that the complexity of the neuron or the function of the neurons in human body is unbelievable.

There are two major parts to the neuron

1. Cell Body
2. Nerve Processes (2 parts are to the Nerve Processes)

• Axons (the information sender of the neuron)
• Dendrites(the receiver of the information)

Most of the work happens  in the Cell Body and in the Nerve Processes is what and where the electrical messages are being sent through.
This happens at milliseconds! This is amazing!!

 The concept of the neuron is so complex and is so important to the human body to relate and receive information to process what is necessary for each individual. Each neuron is different in size and shape and gives to the information it must transmit.
The video above explains the neuron and how many are in just small portions of the human brain, not alone in the human body.

Lost for Chapter 1

First and foremost, I was completely lost on how to blog and in all honesty I was on GMail trying to blog instead of blogger.com.

My topic of interest was "minimalist". I believe I am a "minimalist" because I like to see the results of studies are showing with animals. I know that there are new methods on doing research but why not have an actual result from something instead of just a computer. There are many viruses, diseases, and conditions that are being looked at right now through animal research and it is being utilized not just for statistics but for actual medicines and preventive measures for mankind. I do believe that animal research is being evaluated well and the fact that there are guidelines for each university and/or college gives the opportunity for the animals to be safe.
The outlook that animals are being tortured seems to be misleading when the actual means for research are allows for animals to not feel pain and when the animals do the reasons are to see what is the reasoning for it for us "humans".

The video above explains the outcomes of animal research and gives insight on really the care the animals go through in a medical research lab.
I will state that I am considerate of others feelings but I hold strongly that the need is there for animal research and that fact that everyone is benefiting somehow from the animal research for example cancer patients.