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Drugs and the Brian 1
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2010

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Drug
Definition
a chemical which in relatively small amounts has effects on physiology, that is, on the functioning of the organism
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psychoactive drug
Definition
A chemical that has effects on human behavior via its effects on the nervous system
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Pharmacology
Definition
The study of how drugs interact with the body
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psychoparmacology
Definition
The study of how psychoactive drugs interact with the body and mind
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medicine
Definition
substance used for treating disease; or that has beneficial effects on the state of health
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poison
Definition
a dangerous or deadly substance
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Pharmaco
Definition
Greek "pharmako" meaning medicine and poison
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botany
Definition
study of plants
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ethnobotany
Definition
study of relationships between plants and the people who have come to know them
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ethnopharmacology
Definition
study of chemicals (drugs) that come from plants used by indigenous peoples
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Herbalists
Definition
plant experts who used their knowledge of plants to heal
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Paracelsus (1493-1541)
Definition

Administration of specific medicines, pharmacology

 

proposed better methods for treating wounds and preventing infection 

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Drug abuse
Definition

Use of a drug that leads to adverse consequences in someone's life

 

adverse consequences may be severe or subtle

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Abuse potential
Definition

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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Tolerance
Definition

Need for increased amounts of the substance to achieve desired effect

Diminished effect with continued use of the same amount

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Withdrawal
Definition
Symptoms experienced when drug use is stopped or decreased
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addiction
Definition

inability to control one's use

 

Often associated with withdrawal effects

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physical dependence
Definition
characterized by tolerance and withdrawl
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psychological dependence
Definition
cravings, anxiety, irritability, dysphoria, ect in the absence of the drug
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Substance
Definition
Drugs having abuse potential
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Substance dependence
Definition
a mental disorder diagnosis defined by symptom criteria
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Agonist
Definition
a chemical that binds to a neurotransmitter receptor and mimics the action of an endogenous neurotransmitter
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Antagonist
Definition
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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Hallucination
Definition
perceptual experiences in the absence of associated external sensory stimuli
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Neurotransmitter
Definition
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
Definition
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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synaptic cleft
Definition
a a synapse, the narrow gap between a neuron and an adjacent neural cell
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uptake transporter
Definition

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

Term
Natural Product
Definition
organic compound made by a plant, fungus, bacterium, or animal
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Alkaloid
Definition
Natural product that contains a basic nitrogen
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basic nitrogen
Definition
if there are hydrogen ions around, will pick up one and become positively charged
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Presynaptic neuron
Definition
axon terminal
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postsynaptic neuron
Definition
Dendritic spine, dendrite, or cell body
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Neurotransmitter Receptors
Definition
ionotropic or metabotropic (G protien coupled receptors)
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