PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vomiting, Caffeine, Reuptake

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Drugs that reduce/slow down/inhibit activity of the nervous system (including respiratory) Higher risk for this condition if mother consumes alcohol while pregnant. Limbs don"t work properly, cognitive impairment, facial deformity. Alcohol affects the brain (cortex, cerebellum & brain stem), liver, heart, stomach. Under the age of 25, users are at risk for addiction and structural damage to the brain (can be permanent) Higher dose results in a higher risk for damage; can lead to coma or death. Lethal additive effects when taken with other depressants. Endorphins agonist; decrease pain, create sensation of warmness or contentment. With continues use, the brain stops making its own endorphins. Cocaine: norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine agonist (blocks reuptake, can end up with chronic, permanent depression, formication: sensation of bugs crawling under your skin, psychotic episodes, violence and aggression, convulsions. With continued use, damages serotonin producing neurons (this has been proven in human and animal studies)