Addiction Pt. 1
There are this many stages of addiction.
5
Signals in the brain begin as electrical and then become what?
Chemical
This is the name of the program from the University of Utah that allows us to study the effects of substances of abuse on mice.
Mouse Party
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
This stage of Addiction is where the person first tries the drug.
First Use
This is the area between two communicating neurons where the chemicals cross a gap to get to the other side.
Synapse
What are chemicals that tap into the brain’s communication system and disrupt the way nerve cells communicate?
Drugs
What is the chemical symbol for water?
H2O
This brain region is important in judgement, decision-making and critical thinking and does not mature until 25.
Prefrontal Cortex (PFC)
Sedative or Depressant drugs will shift the balance towards this chemical.
GABA
What substance is known as a "feel-good" hormone that gives us a sense of please?
Dopamine
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
What percent of all addictions have roots in the teenage years?
90%
This excitatory chemical is used in over 1/2 our brain synapses.
Glutamate
Which stage of addiction is involved with a person needing more of a substance to get the same effect of earlier use?
Tolerance
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is a chronic disease, often relapsing brain disease involved with compulsive drug seeking?
Addiction
Which substances of abuse act as "imitators" and will trick our brain into thinking it is our body's own natural chemical.
Heroin & Marijuana
Which stage of addiction involves the person getting sick without the drug?
Dependence
What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Vatican City
What is a deterioration in someone’s state of health after a temporary improvement?
Relapse
Which substances of abuse overstimulate our brain and will prevent the normal recycling of dopamine molecules?
Cocaine & Methamphetamine
As a person continues to abuse drugs, the brain adapts to the dopamine surges by?
Producing less dopamine and/or less receptors
What is the term for a word that is the same forwards and backwards?
Palindrome