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When we listen to music on our brain releases dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure.

There are certain melodies and songs that we hear when we produce tachycardia, joy and even put us goosebumps. These changes in our body due to the release of dopamine, a molecule involved in the so-called reward systems. It is a neurotransmitter that reinforces behaviors that are essential to the survival of the species (food, sex), in order to be repeated. So why does the music causes the release of dopamine if the music does not influence the evolution of the species? Probably because it produces a feeling of being r, it is also necessary for subsistence.
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The volume of secretion of dopamine is not always the same, depends on several factors including the intensity of emotion and pleasure. Obviously, not all the songs and all the music causes a similar release of dopamine. Several studies, including those carried out by the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital-Neuro-at McGill University have revealed, through sophisticated imaging techniques (positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging) that the release of Dopamine is more enjoyable than listening to music when listening to music when neutral. Moreover, just as with food or sex, there is a phenomenon of anticipation.

When we suffer a depression, it can be treated with medication, psychotherapy or a combination of both. Normal, especially when we go to the doctor for the first time, we prescribe a treatment with antidepressant drugs can improve our mood and, thus, make more effective therapy to help overcome it.

If you advise us to submit to treatment with antidepressants, although we are reluctant to take medications, we must not forget that the sooner we start the treatment under the chances that the disease is chronic. The main function of these medications is to improve our mood for that way we can confront and overcome the disease.

The main types of antidepressants are:

- Tricyclic Antidepressants: Read the rest of this entry »