PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.3: Reuptake, International Tropical Timber Organization, Southern California Earthquake Center
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In all of these scenarios, the likelihood of the postsynaptic neurons firing is changed, resulting in changes to how we think, act, and feel. Drugs can affect neurotransmitter levels by: binding to receptors that would normally receive the neurotransmitters, stimulating the release of excess neurotransmitters, preventing neurotransmitters from being reabsorbed into the cell that released them. Primarily facilitates gaba activity; also stimulates endorphin and dopamine receptors. Moderate to high: psychoactive drugs substances that affect thinking, behavior, perception, and emotion, drugs are categorized based on their effects on the nervous system. They can speed up the nervous system, slow it down, stimulate its pleasure centers, or distort how it processes the world. They can be taken as leaves, snorted, and crack cocaine can be smoked in a pipe: amphetamines, another group of stimulants, come in a variety of forms. Some are prescription drugs typically prescribed for attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and narcolepsy: methamphetamine is another abused stimulant.
