PPT-Drugs on the Brain Activity

Match up the drug descriptions with the correct name Answers Cannabis Most widely used illegal drug Class B Can make people feel chilled out relaxed happy and may get the giggles and or feelings of anxiety suspicion panic and paranoia Depressant Hallucinogenic . Influences on Drug Use. Biological – heredity. Identical twins. Adoption studies. Boys at age 6 excitable, fearless, impulsive (genetic traits) are more likely to take drugs. NPY – brain chemical more sensitive to alcohol. More Specific Drugs and how they work. Drugs and Drug Abuse. Psychopharmacology – study of drugs and behavior. Drugs and behavior – PSY 459. Clinical Psychopharmacology – PSY 565. Psychoactive drugs – drugs that change the way you feel. Substance abuse. Limbic . system creates an appetite that drives you to seek out those things. .. The reward circuitry is activated—with dopamine carrying the message. . The result is less dopamine signaling in the brain, what the scientists call “down regulation.” . Get Your Groove on. Brain . sCans. of Students taking a test:. Red. areas are very active.. blue. areas are least active. . After a 20 minutes of . walking. After 20 minutes of . S. itting . quietly. Presented by. Elizabeth Diebold, ND, MPH, . CHom. Brain Anatomy. The nervous system is the body’s decision and communication center. Controls every part of body movement and function. Controls emotions and memory. 9-1: . WHAT ARE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND WHAT ROLES DO TOLERANCE, WITHDRAWAL, AND ADDICTION PLAY IN THESE DISORDERS?. Psychoactive drug. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. Substance use . D.1 Pharmaceutical Products. Background In the Body Defenses . Non-specific Defense. Mechanisms. Specific Defense Mechanisms. First. Line: barriers to prevent entry. Second Line: attack pathogens. Third Line: immune system. To feel good. To feel better. Because others are doing it. Curiosity. Performance enhancement. Rite of passage. Religious ceremony. What Drugs Are Involved in Addiction?. Alcohol. Tobacco. Caffeine. Cannabis. RL Tackett, PhD. University of Georgia . College of Pharmacy. Pediatric Pharmacology: Reality. “Clinical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry often precedes clinical research in the development of new treatment interventions.”. In . T. his . P. resentation. : . Background on the . Brain . The Teenage Brain. How Drugs Affect the Brain. Background . on . the Brain . Brain Background . Different parts of the brain control different behaviors and different parts of our body . and . cognitive distortions. Derived from plants (mushrooms, . cacti. ); . but . some are synthetic. Include: . mescaline. , . psilocin. , . DMT. , . LSD. Depictions of the effects of hallucinogens. Assist. Prof. Karima Fadhil Ali. Al mustansiriyah university. College of pharmacy . Pharmaceutical Chemistry. :. Anticonvulsant Drugs (AEDs). Epilepsy. is not a disease. It is the most prevalent neurological disorder affecting more than 0.5% of the world’s population. It is characterized by recurrent seizures.. Madushani. Silva. (MBBS). North Colombo Teaching Hospital – . Ragama. Seizure. – is a convulsion or transient abnormal event resulting from a paroxysmal discharge of cerebral . neurons (sudden brief attack of altered consciousness). Drugs: . A chemical substance that can . alter perception & mood. . They impact consciousness. They . break the blood-brain barrier. . . Dependence & Addiction. : . Continued use of a psychoactive drug produces .