Ingabe abagijimi bangaba phezulu kuma-endorphin ngesikhathi sokugijima ibanga elide?
Umqondo wokuthi ukuhamba amabanga amade ungabangela umqondo wokujabula ofana nokuphakanyiswa okwenziwe yizinye psychedelics akuyona into entsha. Ukuphakama komgijimi akukwenzeka kuzo zonke izigijimi, empeleni, akukwenzeka kubagijimi abaningi. Kodwa kulabo abaye babhekana nakho, ukuzwa okubikiwe kungenakuqondakala: imizwa yokuthula okukhulu, ukuzwa okujulayo, ukuzwakalisa, ukujabula, ngisho nezifunda eziguqukile zokuqaphela nokunyamezela ukubekezelela ubuhlungu.
Kuze kube manje, kwahlala into eyimfihlakalo. Ingabe lokhu kwakungumphumela wangempela wezinqubo ezithile zomzimba, nje nje ukubona komdlali, noma into ephakathi?
Ama-endorphins axhunyiwe ku-"High Runner"
Umqondo wokunyuka kwamazinga endorphin ebuchosheni njengesizathu se "umgijimi ophezulu" kuye kwakhulunywa cishe amashumi eminyaka, kodwa kuze kube maduzane, kwakungekho ndlela yokwenza ngempela amazinga endorphin ebuchosheni ngokwawo. Konke kwashintsha ngo-2008, lapho abacwaningi baseJalimane, beholwa nguDkt. Henning Boecker, basebenzisa ama-positron emission tomography, noma ama-PET Scans ukuze babheke amazinga we-endorphins ebuchosini begijimi ngaphambi nangemva kokugijima ibanga elide.
Ukulinganisa i-Endorphins ku-Brain's Brains
Kulolu cwaningo, abagijimi abayishumi babenokuhlolwa kwengqondo nokuhlola kwe-PET ngaphambi nangemva kokuhamba ibanga lamahora amabili. Khona-ke abacwaningi baqhathanisa izithombe ze-PET zokuhlola ukuthola ukuthi yiziphi izindawo zobuchopho obenomsebenzi wokugcina kakhulu.
Uphinde wabuza abagijimi ukuba bahlole imizwa yabo, kuhlanganise nezinga labo lokuzijabulisa. Imizwa eveziwe yokuzijabulisa yayiqhathaniswa nezinguquko emazingeni e-endorphin kwezinye izindawo ebuchosheni.
Imiphumela yalolu cwaningo ibonise okulandelayo:
- Ama-endorphins akhiqizwa ebuchosheni ngesikhathi sokuzivocavoca.
- I-endorphins enamathele emitholampilo ezingxenyeni zobuchopho ezivame ukuhlotshaniswa nemizwelo (isimiso se-limbic nezindawo ze-prefrontal).
- Inani le-endorphins elikhiqizwa ebuchosheni lilingana nezinga lokushintsha kwemizwelo elibikwe ngumgijimi. Ngakho-ke, njengoba umgijimi echaza ukuzwakalisa okukhulu nokushintsha kwemizwelo emihle, ama-endorphins amaningi abonakala ku-PET scan.
Lokhu kutholakala kunikeze ubufakazi obungekho obusiza ukuqonda kahle ukuthi kwenzekani ebuchosheni bama-athlete ababika ukuzwakalisa nokuhlangenwe nakho komzimba. Kwabuye kwavula umnyango wokutadisha amakhemikhali ahlukahlukene ebuchosheni, kuhlanganise ne-adrenaline, i-serotonin, i-dopamine nabanye, okungase futhi kube negalelo kulezi zindlela zokuzijabulisa ngesikhathi sokuzivocavoca. Lolu cwaningo luyaqhubeka.
UBoecker kanye nozakwabo bafunda nokubona ubuhlungu emgijimeni abagijimayo nabangewona abagijimi, ngokuqhathanisa ubuhlungu bokubukwa kobuchopho kanye nobuchopho obukhona bokubheka imisebenzi yamakhemikhali ehlobene nokubona ubuhlungu nokuzivocavoca.
Abacwaningi abasemfihlakalo kakhulu abangakabonakali ukuthi kungani abanye abagijimi behle kakhulu ukuzwa amazinga aphezulu alawo mazwa amakhemikhali ebuchopho kunabanye nokuthi kungakanani umdlali onzima okumelwe asebenzise ukuze kusebenze ukukhiqizwa kwama-endorphin.
Akucaci ukuthi kungani abagijimi bebonakala bekhululekile kakhulu ukuzwa lokhu okuphakeme kunabanye abagijimi. Ngokuqinisekile, abashayeli bamabhayisikili nabagibeli bafinyelela phezulu, kodwa akuvamile kakhulu kunabanye abagijimi.
Umthombo
Boecker, H., Sprenger, T., Spilker, ME, Henriksen, G., Koppenhoefer, M., Wagner, KJ, Valet, M., Berthele, A., Tolle, TR (2008). I-Runner's High: Izindlela ze-opioidergic ku-Human Brain. I-Cerebral Cortex DOI: 10.1093 / i-cercor / bhn013