SendMePhotos@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agosomeone was alive and died the most painful way possiblemessage-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down134
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, it’s the dumping of neural transmitters as the brain dies. Adrenaline is a painkiller, but you’re not going to be juiced on adrenaline and calm. The calm is after
minus-squareCandelestine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoIs adrenaline the only pain-killing mechanism the brain has at its disposal?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat? I just said it wasn’t… There’s a whole bunch. Oxytocin, dopamine, really every endorphin is a painkiller.
minus-squareCandelestine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI was just looking for clarification on how likely it is that adrenaline bears sole responsibility. Reading your earlier answers did not directly address this in a way I could understand. I think we’ve resolved it now though.
No, it’s the dumping of neural transmitters as the brain dies.
Adrenaline is a painkiller, but you’re not going to be juiced on adrenaline and calm. The calm is after
Is adrenaline the only pain-killing mechanism the brain has at its disposal?
What?
I just said it wasn’t…
There’s a whole bunch. Oxytocin, dopamine, really every endorphin is a painkiller.
I was just looking for clarification on how likely it is that adrenaline bears sole responsibility. Reading your earlier answers did not directly address this in a way I could understand. I think we’ve resolved it now though.