Andrew Huberman· PhD
adrenaline/epinephrine- the substrate of energy and alertness, is manufactured from dopamine- biochemically speaking.
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adrenaline/epinephrine- the substrate of energy and alertness, is manufactured from dopamine- biochemically speaking.
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Very different than the neuromodulator dopamine which is a reward feel good neuromodulator that stimulates action. And actually dopamine is the cursor to epinephrin, to adrenaline which actually puts us into action. There it's actually made from dopamine, right?
In fact, epinephrin and adrenaline are actually manufactured from dopamine. There's a biochemical pathway involving dopamine which is a beautiful pathway.
Dopamine, the molecule, is actually used to manufacture epinephrine and norepinephrine. Which are other molecules in our brain and body, which put us into that readiness and action state.