Happiness hormones

Happiness hormones (arylethylamine)
Dopamine
Serotonin
Norepinephrine
Phenylethylamine

In popular science, happiness hormones are often certain messenger substances ( hormones , neurotransmitters ) that can induce well-being or feelings of happiness. They usually achieve this through a stimulating, relaxing or analgesic-numbing effect. Examples of happiness hormones are:

Because of the comparable effect of psychotropic drugs, happiness hormones are also known as “endogenous drugs” or “endogenous drugs”.

literature

Josef Zehentbauer: The body's own drugs. The unused capabilities of our brain. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-7608-1935-4 ; 7th edition: The body's own drugs: guaranteed without side effects , Patmos, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-8436-0398-0 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Happiness hormones - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

^ Josef Zehentbauer: The body's own drugs. The unused capabilities of our brain. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2003 ⁴ ; Pp. 48 and 83 ff.

[1] Josef Zehentbauer: The body's own drugs. The unused capabilities of our brain. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2003 ⁴ ; Pp. 48 and 83 ff.