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| You have a methamphetamine drug abuser as a patient. he presents with marked decrease in motor reaction and is experiencing memory impairment. what is the main contributor to these symptoms of addiction? |
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Definition
| Dopamine ( metamphetamine abusers have significant decrease in dopamine transporters) |
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Term
| In a patient who is severely stressed and decides to use drugs to decrease his stress, what hormone is being reduced? |
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Definition
| CRF - stress plays a role in initiating drug use guys |
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Term
| Which NT, is involved in reward, pleasure, euphoria, motor function (fine tunning), compulsion, preservation and desicion making? |
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Definition
Dopamine
Serotinin - mood, memory processing, sleep, cognition |
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Term
| T/F: 2 years after stopping drug abuse some of the dopamine deficits are recovering however the functional deficits persist. |
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