Neurotransmitters
___________is the neurotransmitter that controls the feelings of pleasure.
What is Dopamine
Which part of the brain helps in classifying addiction as a disease?
Limbic System
The Amygdala is responsible for what function in the brain?
What is filtering and regulating emotions
The United States consumes 80% of the world’s ____________ ___________supply, despite not even making up 5% of the world’s population
What is prescription painkiller
CBT stands for what type of therapeutic approach?
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
What are the three neurotransmitters that are most associated with mood?
What are Serotonin, Norepinephrine, and Dopamine
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In which area of the brain can one feel emotions such as joy, sadness, and anger?
What is the Amygdala
Involuntary Motor movement, voluntary motor movement, and coordination are functions of which part of the brain?
What is the cerebellum
Long-term benzodiazepine users have an increased risk of developing what disease?
What is Alzheimer’s disease
What is the #1 disease that is most common with the "Baby Boomer" population and those of most intravenous drug users?
What is Hep C
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor is more commonly know as...what?
SSRI's
Which part of the brain is responsible for retaining muscle memory?
What is the Occipital Cortex
The function of this part of the brain is long-term memory, regulating emotions, and spatial processing
What is the hippocampus
About how many people suffering from an addiction to drugs or alcohol went untreated?
What is 20 million (in 2009)
The _________regulates your body’s basic functions; enables you to interpret and respond to everything you experience; and shapes your thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
What is the Brain?
Which neurotransmitter is involved in arousal, as well as in learning and mood regulation?
What is norepinephrine
This area of the brain is often "shut off" when someone uses drugs causing impulsivity, poor judgement, and lack of mortality?
What is the Pre-frontal Cortex/Lobe
The ____________ main role is to keep the body in homeostasis as much as possible.
What is the hypothalamus
What is the region of the U.S. that has the highest rate of opioid painkiller prescriptions and overdose?
What is southeast
A tropical deciduous tree (Mitragyna speciosa) native to Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain many compounds, including mitragynine, a psychotropic (mind-altering) opioid. It is consumed for mood-lifting effects and pain relief and as an aphrodisiac, what is this herb called?
What is Kratom
The medicine Neruotin target which neurotransmitter in the brain to dull pain rectors in the nervous system?
GABA or Gamma-aminobutyric acid
What part of the "cave man" brain is responsible for the overdose effects of respiratory failure and fallen heartbeat?
What is the medulla oblongata?
The brain performs functions in this system by regulating certain body processes, such as blood pressure and the rate of breathing, that work without conscious effort. (Hint: Sympathetic and parasympathetic)
What is the nervous system
Every _____ minutes a baby is born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and is suffering an opioid withdrawal. NAS costs the health care system an annual $1.5 billion dollars, 81% of which is paid by state Medicaid programs.
What is 25
What is the acronym SSRI stand for?
What is Selective Seritonin Reuptake Inhibitor