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)