Neuro questions
Drug facts
Ethos/Logos/Pathos
100
What neurotransmitter is affected by ecstasy?
Serotonin
100
What is the active chemical in Ecstasy and what does i it mimic?
MDMA, it mimics seratonin
100
Did thinking about the effects of addiction make you appeal to emotion?
Yes
200
What is the neurological effect of MDMA/Ecstasy intake?
The transporters reverse their role, sending excess amounts of serotonin into the synaptic cleft.
200
What makes ecstasy addictive?
The stimulation of dopamine and excess production of serotonin makes ecstasy addictive
200
What was our project's example of logos (logic)?
The facts about which functions are affected by serotonin and ecstasy, how ecstasy is able to get taken in by serotonin receptors, etc...
300
How is MDMA (the active chemical in ecstasy) able to get taken into the axon terminal?
MDMA mimics seratonin and gets taken in by serotonin transporters
300
Is Ecstasy an agonist or antagonist?
Agonist
300
What was our project's example of pathos (emotion)?
The facts about how addiction can develop from excess use of ecstasy and how this often pulls addicts away from family and friends
400
What functions do serotonin influence?
Learning and memory, body temp, hunger, sleep cycles and sexual drive.
400
What brain structures do ecstasy affect?
Motor cortex, somatosensory cortex, amygdala, thalamus
400
Was our project persuasive? Why?
Yes because it was backed up by facts and credibility
500
How does the serotonin neurotransmitter "work backwards"?
It ejects neurotransmitters out of the postsynaptic neuron
500
How does Ecstasy overstimulate a cell?
Neurotransmitters are binding to the receptor again
500
What was our project's example of ethos (credibility)?
The facts backed up by the NIH (National Institute of Health)