SC235 Image Credit: Ireland, K. Visualizing Science Wiley & Sons. Unit Seven – Nervous System
Agenda Overview of the Brain Drug Addiction Effects of drug addiction on brain function and chemistry. Neurological risks associated with drug use. How addiction gets hard-wired into the brain. How drug addiction can spin off into other health crises. Treatments and/or cures for drug addiction and their drawbacks.
What is the brain? Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiate, and Marijuana. Image Credit: Ireland, K. Visualizing Science Wiley & Sons.
What is the brain made up of? Illustration used with permission, courtesy of Lydia V. Kibiuk and the Society for Neuroscience.
Why is the brain the body’s Command Center? Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates. and Marijuana.
How does one become addicted? “NIDA’s mission is to bring the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.” Photo courtesy of NIDA
What are the results of addiction? Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.
What happens to your brain after consumption of cocaine? Photo courtesy of Nora Volkow, Ph.D. Mapping cocaine binding sites in human and baboon brain in vivo. Fowler JS, Volkow ND, Wolf AP, Dewey SL, Schlyer DJ, Macgregor RIR, Hitzemann R, Logan J, Bendreim B, Gatley ST. et al. Synapse 1989;4(4): Min
What are some of the long-term effects of substance abuse? Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.
What are some of the treatments for Drug Addiction? Image Credit: Microsoft Clip Art
Can drug addiction be cured? Photo courtesy of Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D. Amygdala not lit up Amygdala activated Cocaine Video Nature Video Nature Video Back of Brain Front of Brain
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Unit Seven Review Read Chapter 7 Complete Discussion Board – The Brain Bank Complete Self-Assessment Complete Lab – Mapping the Nervous System Complete Tables and Answer Questions
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