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addiction and the brain

This class was created by Brainscape user Sophie Kinsella. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Sophie Kinsella
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Decks in this class (16)

Lecture 1 - Transmission
Neurons 1,
Neurotransmitters 2,
Two types of postsynaptic recepto...
14  cards
Lecture 2 - Brain Substrates
Catecholamines 1,
What is the role of catecholamines 2,
Hacking catecholamines 3
19  cards
Lecture 3 - Exposure Models
How many people try addictive dru...,
Patterns of drug use now 2,
Takeaways 3
15  cards
Lecture 4 - Susceptibility Models
Exposure models 1,
Susceptibility models 2,
Varying susceptibility 3
16  cards
Lecture 5 - Cannabis 1
Background 1,
Marijuana 2,
Sinsemilla 3
23  cards
Lecture 6 - Cannabis cont. and Caffeine
Age of initiation 1,
Is cannabis a gateway drug 2,
Tolerance 3
21  cards
Lecture 7 - Alcohol 1
What is the relevance of alcohol ...,
How are drug harm scales developed 2,
What is the claim that alcohol is...
17  cards
Lecture 8 - Alcohol 2
What is alcohol induced memory lo...,
What did the study by white et al...,
How may state dependence explain ...
23  cards
Lecture 9 - Opioids 1
What are opioids 1,
What are some of the physiologica...,
Describe the molecular structure ...
11  cards
Lecture 10 - Opioids 2
What are opioids 1,
What is pain 2,
What is nocioception 3
19  cards
Lecture 11 - Hallucinogens (and ecstasy) 1
What are hallucinogens 1,
What are classical hallucinogens 2,
What are dissociative anaesthetics 3
12  cards
Lecture 12 - Hallucinogens (and ecstasy) 2
What are the two categories of cl...,
What type of backbone do indoleam...,
What type of back bone do pheneth...
18  cards
Lecture 13 - Cocaine
What is cocaine 1,
Where can you get cocaine 2,
Costa rica in the news feb 2020 3
22  cards
Lecture 14 - Amphetamines
What are amphetamines 1,
Where can you get amphetamines 2,
What are the origins of consumpti...
19  cards
Lecture 15 - Inhalants and GHB
What are inhalants 1,
What are some commonly abused inh...,
What are behavioural effects of i...
26  cards
Lecture 16 - Steroids
Describe the background and histo...,
Describe the history and origins ...,
Describe the origins of consumpti...
17  cards

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