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| a chemical which in relatively small amounts has effects on physiology, that is, on the functioning of the organism |
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| A chemical that has effects on human behavior via its effects on the nervous system |
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| The study of how drugs interact with the body |
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| The study of how psychoactive drugs interact with the body and mind |
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| substance used for treating disease; or that has beneficial effects on the state of health |
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| a dangerous or deadly substance |
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| Greek "pharmako" meaning medicine and poison |
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| study of relationships between plants and the people who have come to know them |
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| study of chemicals (drugs) that come from plants used by indigenous peoples |
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| plant experts who used their knowledge of plants to heal |
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Administration of specific medicines, pharmacology
proposed better methods for treating wounds and preventing infection |
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Use of a drug that leads to adverse consequences in someone's life
adverse consequences may be severe or subtle |
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the risk that a drug carries for the development of an abusive relationship
Abuse potential depends on several factors:
Pharmacology
quantity used
rout of admisistration
psychological and sociocultural context |
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Need for increased amounts of the substance to achieve desired effect
Diminished effect with continued use of the same amount |
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| Symptoms experienced when drug use is stopped or decreased |
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inability to control one's use
Often associated with withdrawal effects |
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| characterized by tolerance and withdrawl |
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| cravings, anxiety, irritability, dysphoria, ect in the absence of the drug |
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| Drugs having abuse potential |
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| a mental disorder diagnosis defined by symptom criteria |
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| a chemical that binds to a neurotransmitter receptor and mimics the action of an endogenous neurotransmitter |
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| A chemical that binds to a neurotransmitter receptor and has no effect other than to block the action of endogenous neurotransmitter and other receptor agonists |
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| perceptual experiences in the absence of associated external sensory stimuli |
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| chemical that is released by nerve cells and diffuses extracellulary to bind to receptors on nerve cell membranes, thereby mediating intercellular communication of neural signals |
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| Neurotransmitter receptor |
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| Proteins located in nerve cell membranes that specifically bind neurotransmitters, undergo a resulting conformation change, and thereby mediate changes in cell membrane electric potential or initative various intracellular biochmeical processes |
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| a a synapse, the narrow gap between a neuron and an adjacent neural cell |
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proteins located in nerve cell membranes that function to remove neurotransmitter from the synaptic cleft and move it into the interrior of the cell;
Often located on the presynaptic axon terminal |
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| organic compound made by a plant, fungus, bacterium, or animal |
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| Natural product that contains a basic nitrogen |
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| if there are hydrogen ions around, will pick up one and become positively charged |
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| Dendritic spine, dendrite, or cell body |
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| Neurotransmitter Receptors |
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| ionotropic or metabotropic (G protien coupled receptors) |
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