Psych 68 Randy Ludwig
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 antagonist | blocks receptor sites, reduces, inhibits, makes things less likely to fire,slows down,(eg. depressants, barbiturates, alcohol, valium) this is what GABA does, slows body processes down |
| Glutamate(excitatory) | works as an agonist;opens up sodium channels, more likely to fire |
| meth | blocks auto receptors, directly activates post synaptic receptors for dopamine, norepinephrine, 5HC, reduces MAO activity |
| marijuana | mimics anandamide-NT,THC ingredient, lateral hypothalamus(ANS) (hunger&thirst), time distortions |
| Dopamine | NT most involved in addiction; acts at the nucleus accumbens in the reward/reinforcement pathway, produces euphoria and repeat of drug use. helps control voluntary muscle movement |
| auto receptors | neurotransmitters bind to the receptor sites on the pre-synaptic neurons and are signaled to stop releasing |
| GABA | alcohol typically acts on NT- GABA receptor |
| blood alcohol poisoning threshold | .40 can cause death |
| cirrhosis | scarring of the liver due to heavy alcohol consumption |
| cancer of mouth | heavy drinking can lead to this type of cancer |
| Alcohol during pregnancy | lead to FAS, cause mental retardation #1 reason, result in birth defects |
| Frontal lobe of brain | alcohol shuts down this area of the brain |
| 1830 alcohol consumption | 7.1 gallon/ Today's consumption 1.8 gallons |
| Blackouts | you are not unconscious, loss of memory of events that occur brown-outs remember certain thins |
| Cirrhosis of the liver | only about 10-20% of heavy drinkers develop this disease |
| moderate drinking | 1-3 drinks a day is associated with reduced risk |
| Brown outs | grayouts |
| heavy drinkers | 13 million in USA |
| cortisol | stress hormone, weight gain, increases with alcohol consumption |
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