General
These are chemical messengers
Neurotransmitter
This neurotransmitter is the most likely to be affected by recreational drugs and is involved in rewards and learning
Dopamine
This is an artificially modified potent form of morphine
Heroin
These drugs are serotonin agonists and some are norepinephrine agonists and can help with many different disorders
Antidepressants
Symptoms that occur when someone stops taking a drug that they have used frequently
Withdrawal
This mimics the job of a neurotransmitter and binds to the active site, producing a response
Agonist
This is the most prominent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain
GABA
This is an agonist to glutamate and an antagonist to GABA
Alcohol
This class of medications are used to treat schizophrenia
Anti-psychotics
These are strongly negative feelings that can be quickly relieved by the administration of the withdrawn drug
Dysphoria
This blocks the activation of certain receptors on cells and stops a response
Antagonist
This neurotransmitter has roles in sleep, mood, anxiety and hunger
Serotonin
Agonist to acetylcholine, and is a stimulant that increases CNS activity
Nicotine
These help with anxiety and PTSD
Anxiolytics
Addiction as defined in the DSM-5
Substance Use Disorder
These are substances that are not produced in the body
Exogenous
Too much of this neurotransmitter can cause seizures
Glutamate
Agonist to endogenous opioids
Cannabis
These drugs help with ADHD and narcolepsy by being agonists to dopamine and norepinephrine
Stimulants
This proposes that people become addicted because the drug provides powerful reinforcement
Positive Reward Model
This part of the brain controls behaviors such as reward processing, aversion, stress regulation, drug addiction, learning, and memory
Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)
This neurotransmitter is sent from the locus coeruleus in the brainstem and the tegmentum in the midbrain
Norepineprine
This is an agonist to serotonin and is a hallucinogen
LSD
This is the most prescribed anxiolytic since the 1970s
Benzodiazepines
This is a region of the brain that seems to play a role in addiction, pleasure, and craving
Insula