Psychology 1000 Quiz: PSYCHOLOGY 6

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Increases neural firing and arouse nervous systems, boost heart rate, alertness, mood, irritability. Amphetamines: reduce fatigue and appetite (increase dopamine and norepinephrine) causes heart failure/ stroke. Amphetamine psychosis: schizophrenia like hallucinations (occurs because of to much dopamine in body) Meth: insomnia, hyperactivity, anxiety, paranoia, meth mouth, heart attack. Mdma: also boosts serotonin (causes cognitive defects, sexual dysfunctions, impaired immune responses. Cocaine: blocks reuptake of ne and dopamine, excitation, sense of muscular strength, high does cause fever, vomit. Morphine, codeine, heroin, oxycontin (first provide pain relief, second cause mood change) increase endorphins and dopamine (experience is pleasurable, however it reduces breathing rate, may cause coma and death) Mushrooms, lsd (not understood how it works), hearing colours, seeing sounds, flashbacks, panic, outbursts. Hard to classify (hallucinogen, sedative) increases gaba and dopamine, not a gateway drug but still dangerous. Thc: bind to receptors, brain produces its own thc like things called cannabinoids.