mystery ?
"Bath Salts" can sometimes be sold in plastics bags or foil labeled as what?
plant food
glass cleaner
research chemicals
Name an example of prescription stimulant misuse?
Taking a stimulant medication that was not prescribed to you
taking more than the prescribed dose
taking meds that are not prescribed to you
What inhibitory neurotransmitters are active throughout the brain?
GABA
does the THC part of marijuana create psychotropic and produce a high by altering consciousness?
true
What is a common reason people will misuse drugs?
to cope with trauma
to feel pleasure "high"
to enhance performance in school or sports
What does LSD resemble?
It resembles serotonin
what can opioids be used to treat?
pain
In another part of the brain, what acts as the brain's general purpose excitatory neurotransmitter
glutamate
true
what pathway in the brain is responsible for getting us to repeat pleasurable activities?
dopamine
What does LSD and other hallucinogens excite in the brain?
Locus coeruleus (LC)
For drugs to affect the brain a chemical messenger of neurotransmitters must connect/ bind to
receptors
What happens when alcohol enters the brain?
driving after using marijuana is not dangerous and should occur
false
what drug is morphine related to?
heroin
What transporters are responsible for removing molecules from the synaptic cleft after they have done their job?
Dopamine
MDMA produces effects by increasing which neurotransmitters in the brain
Dopamine
serotonin
norepinephrine
what can count as abuse to alcohol?
drinking everyday
drinking when sad
not being able to not drink at an occasion
only being able to overly drink
meth mimics dopamine and is taken by the dopamine transporters back into the cell
true
What happens to the cell when using cocaine after the dopamine bind again to the receptors?
The receptors overstimulate the cell
Why are cocaine abusers fidgety and unable to stay still?
It is active in the part of the brain that controls voluntary movements.
What does heroin mimic and bind to?
natural opiates and binds to opiate receptors
What part of the brain does alcohol affect?
it partially affects the brain memory formation, decision making, and impule control
there are 12 types of serotonin receptors in the brain
false (7)
What is the active chemical in marijuana that mimics anandamide and binds to the cannabinoid receptors?
THC