The Resilient Brain-reading excerpts, Molecules of Emotion, C. Pert

Noon Saturdays, "The Resilient Brain," host Kathy Kitts

Today, I'll read excerpts from the excellent and ground-breaking book, Molecules of Emotion.  The author is Candace Pert, and if you have never heard of her or her book, you are in for a special treat! Ms. Pert faced many challenges as a woman in the male-dominated National Institutes of Health.  Despite this, she was the scientist to discover the opiate receptor site on the human cell.  We now call these natural opiates we produce, "endorphins." 

Do join us to listen to how these "molecules of emotion" were discovered, and what exactly they are.  We'll have some fascinating facts as well.  Did you know that even insects produce molecules which translate into some sort of emotion?