NSC 3356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Anxiolytic, Frontal Lobe, Amygdala
19 Mar 2017
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Interesting it was changed from opiates about 40 yrs. ago: they are narcotic analgesics without producing unconsciousness (for the most part) while reducing pain. He went over in detail how crude opium is gathered: as well as the plant name. Something about a tincture in which opium dissolves in. They wait for it to bud and for the petals to drop off. Then they score it and the opium sap comes flowing out. Important in pain: we can learn to tolerate pain, plants like the poopy produces defensive toxins to defend themselves against predation by those who would eat them. ?, an opium based, mixed in alcohol and used as a medicinal drink that was introduced in. 1680 in england: drinking laudanum laced wine was accepted form of opium use in. Victorian england and america: up to the 20th century laudanum was a common popular remedy. They were farmers whose income depended on their level of activity.
