PSY 2301 Lecture Notes - Insulin Resistance, Pituitary Gland, Muscarine

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2301
• Professor: Valerie Harbour

Document Summary

Impairment of language ability; loss of ability to express (brochas area) or understand speech(voraco aphasia: sound comes in got through to remember, cochlea then the auditory nerves then Study of how drugs affect the ns and behavior. Chemical compounds administered to produce a desired change in the body: medicinal or recreational purposes. Substance that acts to alter mood, thought, or behavior and is used to manage neuropsychological illness. Intracranial: into the brain (the quickest way, not a method used on a day to day basis) Any drug that goes to the blood stream will be diluted. Patch; can be absorbed into the skin and go to the blood stream Dosage is important depending on how it"s administered. Protects our brain from toxins and infections that are in the blood. Capillaries in those regions are not covered by astrocytes and therefore substances can pass through: pituary gland, area postrema, and pineal gland (examples of these)