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1 CHEMICALS THAT HARM WITH PLEASURE... MARY ET BOYLE, PH.D. DEPARTMENT OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE

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3 DRUG ADMINISTRATION Ingestion Preferred for many drugs Ease and safety Carried through the body in bloodstream Unpredictable dosage Injection Preferred by medical professionals Predictable, fast, strong drugs Drug users: IV (in the vein)

4 INHALATION & ABSORPTION Inhalation Through the lungs to the capillaries Anesthetics Tobacco and Marijuana Difficult to regulate dose Lung damage Absorption through mucous membranes Nose, mouth cocaine

5 Actions of drugs are terminated in liver. METABOLISM, ELIMINATION, TOLERANCE metabolism

6 DOSE RESPONSE CURVE...

7 DOSE RESPONSE CURVE...

8 Drug effect RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOLERANCE AND WITHDRAWAL Withdraw from drug

9 Drug effect Withdrawal effect

10 PLEASURE CENTERS OF THE BRAIN... ICSS: intracranial self-stimulation

11 MESOTELECEPHALIC DA SYSTEM Nigrostriatal pathway Mesocorticolimbic pathway

12 INCREASE IN DA RELEASE IN N. ACCUMBENS...

13 A rat repeatedly receives a drug in one of two distinctive comparts. Then, on the test, the tendency of the rat now drug-free, to prefer the drug compartment is assessed. MOTIVATION AND ADDICTION

14 Minds and Brains PROJECTIONS OF NOREPINEPHRINE- CONTAINING NEURONS

15 Minds and Brains

16 Minds and Brains SEROTONERGIC PROJECTIONS

17 Minds and Brains

18 Minds and Brains DOPAMINERGIC PROJECTIONS

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20 By Emanuel Sferios THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON ECSTASY. REALLY! Minds and Brains

21 Minds and Brains

22 Minds and Brains Ecstasy is MDMA, or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. It belongs to a family of drugs called "entactogens," meaning "touching within." Other drugs in this category include MDA, MDE and MBDB. Before it was made illegal in 1985, MDMA was used by psychiatrists as a therapeutic tool. WHAT IS ECSTASY?

23 THE EFFECTS ARE... MDMA is a "mood elevator" that produces a relaxed, euphoric state. It does not produce hallucinations. MDMA takes effect a few minutes after taking a tablet, with little rushes of exhilaration which can be accompanied by nausea. 60 to 90 minutes after taking the drug, the user feels the peak effects. Minds and Brains

24 Sensations are enhanced and the user experiences heightened feelings of empathy, emotional warmth, and selfacceptance. The effects of 'real' ecstasy subside after about 3-5 hours. The drug is in your system for 20 hours. Users report that the experience is very pleasant and highly controllable. Even at the peak of the effect, people can usually deal with important matters.

25 The effect that makes MDMA different from other drugs is empathy, the sensation of understanding and accepting others.

26 IS IT ADDICTIVE? Ecstasy is not physically addictive. However, the drug can often take on great importance in people's lives, and some people become rather compulsive in their use. Taken too frequently, however, MDMA loses its special effect.

27 MOOD ELEVATION MDMA releases the brain chemical serotonin, elevating mood and acting as a short-term antidepressant. Compulsive users may be unconsciously trying to self-medicate for depression. Effective treatments for depression are available with the proper diagnosis by a qualified physician.

28 SEROTONERGIC PROJECTIONS FROM RAPHÉ NUCLEUS Minds and Brains

29 SEROTONERGIC AXONS-RAT

30 ECSTASY CAUSES MASSIVE RELEASE OF SEROTONIN Minds and Brains

31 INSIDE THE AXON TERMINAL - SEROTONIN XMTR Drawing by Gayle Gross de Nuñez and Savantes, 1996 Minds and Brains

32 Minds and Brains SEROTONERGIC SYNAPSE...

33 Minds and Brains REAL SEROTONERGIC SYNAPSE...

34 Minds and Brains

35 Minds and Brains ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO AFTER YOU TAKE ECSTASY

36 Minds and Brains SEROTONIN REUPTAKE TRANSPORTERS

37 Minds and Brains MONOAMINE OXIDASE BREAKS DOWN SEROTONIN

38 Minds and Brains WHEN YOU START COMING DOWN NO MORE SEROTONIN

39 THAT ATE UP FEELING... Minds and Brains

40 Minds and Brains MAKING MORE SEROTONIN...

41 Minds and Brains THE ECSTASY DEPRESSION...

42 Minds and Brains MDMA NEUROTOXICITY...

43 Minds and Brains ALL SHRIVELED UP...

44 Minds and Brains CAN PROZAC PROTECT?

45 Minds and Brains HOW DOES ECSTASY GET IN, ANYWAY.?

46 Minds and Brains MDMA MAKES THE SEROTONIN TRANSPORTERS WORK IN REVERSE

47 Minds and Brains THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON ECSTASY, REALLY.

48 Minds and Brains TAKING ECSTASY WHILE ON PROZAC..

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