Many teens are victims of digital dating abuse, boys get the brunt of it

With February being Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, new research is illuminating how this problem is manifesting online. “Digital dating abuse” as it has been termed, uses technology to repetitively harass a romantic partner with the intent to control, coerce, intimidate, annoy or threaten them. Given that youth in relationships today are constantly in touch with each other via texting, social media and video chat, more opportunities for digital dating abuse can arise.
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Programming the electron biocomputer with Dopamine redox shuttles

Although most neurotransmitters perform the same basic role, they are not fungible. Each takes the baton from an incoming action potential and passes the neural message across the synaptic divide, yet each flavor of transmitter adds its own unique twist. Simply put, they have completely different metabolic actions. Properly functioning brains require the eclectic services of all of them, everywhere, all the time. In nearly every remote outpocket of the brain, whether retina, olfactory bulb, or even transmitter-specific projection nuclei of the brainstem, all of the major transmitter systems can be found within each.
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