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

Alcohol-

Anabolic Steroids-

Cocaine-

Dissociative Drugs-

GHB & Rohypnol-

Hallucinogens-

Heroin-

Inhalents-

Marijuana-

MDMA-

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

CocaineLSD

Heroin

Marijuana

Ecstasy

Alcohol

Methamphetamine