How do ADHD and Adderall™ change the chemistry in our brains?
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Amphetamine and the Cytosylic Storage System
Amphetamine has a very similar structure to all those other monamines. So it will come and act as an imposter in the that cytosylic storage system where the dopamine is generated and initially stored. And so the receiving place, the vesicle storage thinks it's not getting enough dopamine. It should probably start releasing more dopamine out. But then at the same time, amphetamine actually kind of hops in that transport system. This is just shorting shortening of that alpha methyl phenyl.
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