Brain Regions
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Drugs tap into the ______________ and interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process information.
what is the communication system?
A person can go through the addiction cycle over the course of......
(hint it is 3 answers)
what are weeks, months, or several times in a day?
The brain of someone who misuses drugs adjusts by producing fewer __________ in the reward circuit.
what are neurotransmitters?
_____________ are released by neurons to send messages throughout your brain.
what are neurotransmitters?
What is the Basal Ganglia?
_________ means that the brain adapts to the effects of the drug.
What is tolerance?
There are ______ stages to the addiction cycle.
What is 3?
The cues or triggers that stimulate ________ and the relapse to drug use.
What is craving?
__________ communicate with each other to manage everything that happens in your body.
What are neurons?
Responsible for interpreting visual information, shapes, colors.
Over time, drugs become less _________ and ________ for the drug takes over.
What is rewarding and craving?
The stage in the addiction cycle at which one seeks substances again after a period of abstinence.
What is the preoccupation/ anticipation stage?
Symptoms associated with the drug craving state are...
What are physiological and stress- like symptoms?
_________ is a chemical neurotransmitter released in your brain that makes you feel good.
What is dopamine?
Responsible for balance, posture, coordination, fine motor skills.
What is Cerebellum?
1______ and 2_______ mimic the brain's own chemical but does not activate neurons the same way?
What are Heroin and Marijuana?
The stage in the addiction cycle at which an individual experiences a negative emotional state in the absence of the substance.
What is the withdrawal/ negative affect stage?
Those who crave __________ have increased activity in the amygdala and regions in the frontal cortex
Dopamine causes you to 1_____, 2______, 3_______, 4_________.
What is 1 want, 2 desire, 3 seek out, 4 search?
Responsible for recalling words, understanding language, and interpreting other's emotions.
1______ and 2______ cause the neurons to release large amounts of natural neurotransmitters.
What are amphetamines and cocaine?
The ___________ is responsible for the binge/intoxication phase of the addiction cycle.
(hint it is a part of the brain)
What is the basal ganglia?
Those craving nicotine, _________, and ________ activate regions of the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus.
What is meth and opiates?
___________ is the primary neurotransmitter associated with the pleasure reward pathways (PRP).
What is dopamine?