Thus, Schizophrenia and Parkins's Disease correlate with high and low dopamine levels in the relevant brain areas. This creates a potential social problem. If a given behaviour is determined principally by the ready availability of certain combinations of neurotransmitters, with chemically redefined such concepts as freewill and responsibility, and we've removed a lot of the romance from falling in love. It's not difficult to imagine the profound legal ramifications of this issue. The controversy surround the use of Ritalin for ADHD students is but the tip of the iceberg in this complex cognitive development.
Neurotransmitters function in milliseconds.
Hormones take much longer to activate and dissipate, since they travel within our bloodstream. Cortisol and other powerful glucocordicoids play very important roles in operating our brain's response system to stressful situations, but the system is set up to enhance survival in temporary, physically threatening situations - and not in chronic socially stressful settings. Chronic stress is a factor in a high percentage of the illnesses that plague our society, and it can reduce the effectiveness of the neural systems that regulate learning and memory. Don't delay the onset of your personal exploration of the biological revolution that is already upon us, and the educational revolution that will assuredly follow. Become a leader and not a bystander.