This is your Brain; this is your brain on drugs!

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/
Neural Reward Pathways Exist in the Brain:
Explain what the reward pathway is and how it works:

What neurotransmitter is used in the reward pathway?

Draw a synapse with dopamine receptors and second messengers.

Why use second messengers?

What happens to dopamine after it is released from receptors?

Why would a neuron not send an impulse?

What is the job of the reward pathway?

How do you associate pleasure with eating?

Why do you associate pleasure with eating?

Beyond the Drug Pathway:
What are some of the roles of Serotonin?

How do GABA and Glutamate work in balance?

Drugs of Abuse:

Give the affects of the following drugs

AlcoholAnabolic SteroidsCocaineDissociative DrugsGHB & RohypnolHallucinogensHeroinInhalentsMarijuanaMDMAMethamphetamine-

Mouse Party:
Draw a synapse and explain how each drug interferes with normal function
Cocaine

LSD

Heroin

Marijuana

Ecstasy

Alcohol

Methamphetamine