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Teaching Packets: The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana
- Section I: Introduction to the Brain
- Section II: Introduction to the Reward System
- Section III: Introduction to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC)
- 1: Localization of cocaine "binding sites"
- 2: Dopamine binding to receptors and uptake pumps in the nucleus accumbens
- 3: Cocaine binding to uptake pumps: inhibition of dopamine uptake
- 4: Increased cAMP produced in post-synaptic cell
- 5: Summary: cocaine binding in nucleus accumbens and activation of reward pathway
- 6: Positron emission tomography (PET) scan of a person on cocaine
- 7: Localization of opiate binding sites
- 8: Opiates binding to opiate receptors in the nucleus accumbens: increased dopamine release
- 9: Increased cAMP produced in post-synaptic cell
- 10: Summary: opiate binding in nucleus accumbens and activation of the reward pathway
- 11: Localization of THC binding sites
- 12: THC binding to THC receptors in the nucleus accumbens: increased dopamine release
- 13: Increased cAMP produced in post-synaptic cell
- 14: Summary: THC binding in nucleus accumbens and activation of the reward pathway
- 15: Overall summary: these drugs of abuse all activate the reward system via increasing dopamine neurotransmission
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Section III: Introduction to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC)
In This Section
- 1: Localization of cocaine "binding sites"
- 2: Dopamine binding to receptors and uptake pumps in the nucleus accumbens
- 3: Cocaine binding to uptake pumps: inhibition of dopamine uptake
- 4: Increased cAMP produced in post-synaptic cell
- 5: Summary: cocaine binding in nucleus accumbens and activation of reward pathway
- 6: Positron emission tomography (PET) scan of a person on cocaine
- 7: Localization of opiate binding sites
- 8: Opiates binding to opiate receptors in the nucleus accumbens: increased dopamine release
- 9: Increased cAMP produced in post-synaptic cell
- 10: Summary: opiate binding in nucleus accumbens and activation of the reward pathway
- 11: Localization of THC binding sites
- 12: THC binding to THC receptors in the nucleus accumbens: increased dopamine release
- 13: Increased cAMP produced in post-synaptic cell
- 14: Summary: THC binding in nucleus accumbens and activation of the reward pathway
- 15: Overall summary: these drugs of abuse all activate the reward system via increasing dopamine neurotransmission
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