A Short List Of Dopamine Functions (Far More Than Motion), and Action Thoughts - Part I: Brain / Head

It donned on me that in order to really understand the problem of proper dopamine balance, it would first be really useful to sit down and tabulate all of the things that dopamine does, both inside the brain and head and throughout the rest of the body.  Having achieved that, then one can deduce the relationships with anatomy, other chemicals and hormones, behaviour, environment, and strategy.

So I begin with this table of dopamine in the brain and head, along with my initial thoughts:

Dopamine Functions / My Initial Thoughts
Dopamine Function	Area	/My Initial Thought(s)
In Brain / Head:
- Motor Function	Nigrostriatal	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- New Learning	Nigrostriatal	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Motivation	Mesocorticolimbic	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Focus	Mesocorticolimbic	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Decision Making	Mesocorticolimbic	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Spatial Working Memory	Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Eliminate sugar, eat healthy fat, protein, and veggies.
		Minimize PD meds.
- Modulates Daytime Pineal / Pituitary Function, Inhibits Daytime Melatonin, Balances Circadian Rhythm	Pineal / Pituitary	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
- Converted to Dopachrome for Neuromelanin	Whole Dopaminergic System	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
		Build Reserves.
- Stored for Reserve in Neuromelanin	Whole Dopaminergic System	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
		Build Reserves.
- Enables Proper Leg Function Through Hypothalmus	Posterior Hypothalmus	Boost Dopamine: Nicotine, Caffeine Tryosine
		Protect Neurons:
		Antioxidants, Chelators, Build Reserves, Increase Circulation & Waste Elimination.
		Stretching.
- Activates Body Cooling When Hot	Hypothalmus	Stay comfortably warm.
		Avoid rapid heating or cooling.
		Regularly consume spicy food.
- Activates Body Heating When Converted to Norephinephrine	Hyypothalmus	Stay comfortably warm.
		Avoid rapid heating or cooling.
		Regularly consume spicy food.
- Inhibits Prolactin (and Lactation)	Pituitary	Get Exercise and Sunlight Daily.
		Get Sleep at Night.
		Balance with continuously adjusted melatonin supplement.
		Build Reserves.
- Affects Gonadotropin Production	Zona Incerta	Too old to affect puberty now J
- Enhances Daytime Color Vision and Vision Contrast In Bright Light	Eye, Amacrine cells	Explains, in part, why my vision improved! Nasunin took it into my eyes J
Glen J. Pettibone
3/9/2015