Alcohol
What are three things Alcohol affects in the brain?
Memory
Decision Making
Impulse control
What neurotransmitter does meth mimic?
Dopamine
What is the job of the serotonin transporter?
Remove serotonin from the synaptic cleft
What does heroin mimic in the brain?
Cannabinoids turn off what?
Inhibitory transmitters
What receptors do Alcohol Bind to?
Glutamate
What happens to dopamine when meth enters the vesicles?
It kicks it out
Ecstasy mimics what neurotransmitter?
serotonin
What floods the synapse when heroin enters the brain?
Dopamine
Without inhibition what can be released?
Dopamine
Inhibitions are lowered by what receptor?
What happens when dopamine becomes trapped in the synaptic cleft?
Overstimulates cells
Is ecstasy more readily taken up than serotonin itself?
YES
Natural opiates in the brain are?
Natural pain killers
What is the active chemical is in Marijuana?
THC
What does alcohol metabolize as?
Sugar
Why is meth so highly addictive?
It affects the brain reward pathway.
What happens when ecstasy alters the transsporter?
The transporter works in reverse.
What happens when dopamin floods the synapse?
Produces feelings of sedation and well being
What does THC mimic?
Anabantoid
Alcohol is which class of drugs?
Depressant
What happens when dopamine is kicked out of its vesicles?
The transporters work in reverse.
What happens when serotonin becomes trapped in the synaptic cleft?
It over-stimulates the cell.
What is a drug related to heroin?
Morphine
What is the receptor THC attaches to release dopamine?
Cannabinoids