Translation of "Régulation de l'humeur " (French → English) :

Definition: A disorder characterized by two or more episodes in which the patient's mood and activity levels are significantly disturbed, this disturbance consisting on some occasions of an elevation of mood and increased energy and activity (hypomania or mania) and on others of a lowering of mood and decreased energy and activity (depression). Repeated episodes of hypomania or mania only are classified as bipolar. | manic-depressive:illness | psychosis | reaction

elevated mood

adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood [ adjustment disorder with mixed emotional features ]

Definition: A disorder characterized by a persistent mild elevation of mood, increased energy and activity, and usually marked feelings of well-being and both physical and mental efficiency. Increased sociability, talkativeness, over-familiarity, increased sexual energy, and a decreased need for sleep are often present but not to the extent that they lead to severe disruption of work or result in social rejection. Irritability, conceit, and boorish behaviour may take the place of the more usual euphoric sociability. The disturbances of mood and behaviour are not accompanied by hallucinations or delusions.

Definition: In addition to the clinical picture described in F30.1, delusions (usually grandiose) or hallucinations (usually of voices speaking directly to the patient) are present, or the excitement, excessive motor activity, and flight of ideas are so extreme that the subject is incomprehensible or inaccessible to ordinary communication. | Mania with:mood-congruent psychotic symptoms | mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms | Manic stupor

impairment of emotion, affect, and mood

vitreous humour

The hippocampus is the part of the brain that regulates mood, memory and learning.

Serotonin, as most senators know, is a chemical in the brain that plays an important role in the regulation of mood, energy level and appetite, among other things.

Serotonin is a chemical in the brain that plays an important role in the regulation of mood, energy level and appetite, among other things.

These are the four abnormalities, as one researcher describes them, that are likely to be present in that person's brain: first, changes to the part of the brain that control emotions, usually affecting the left hemisphere of the brain and associated with more self-destructive behaviour and more aggression; second, deficient development of the left side of the brain, which may contribute to depression or impaired memory; third, impaired pathway integrating the two hemispheres, resulting in dramatic shifts in mood and personality, especially with boys who have suffered neglect and sexually abused girls; fourth, increased blood flow to the part of the brain that involves emotion, attention and the regulation ...[+++] of the limbic system, disrupting emotional balance.