ESS 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Aldh2, Compulsive Gamblers, Pharmacodynamics
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Increased body temp: rapid pulse, sweaing iii, hand tremors, anxiety, depression vii, nausea/vomiing. Less than 1% of cases of alcohol withdrawal, full-blown delirium tremens, called dts, occurs: nts and withdrawal i. Incidence of major depression among alcoholics is about 28% and anxiety is about 37% b: excess alcohol or withdrawal can induce symptoms of mental illness. The nucleus accumbens is the part of the brain associated with the reward pathway: alcohol and pregnancy, maternal drinking, alcohol use during pregnancy is the leading cause of mental retardaion in the. Usa: excess drinking during pregnancy is responsible for increases in number of miscarriages and infant deaths, causes more problem pregnancies, and results in smaller/weaker newborns, fetal alcohol syndrome i. In survey of mothers with fas babies, abou t 89% used alcohol with at least two other drugs during pregnancy: most of the women had been abused, alcohol kills cells and changes wiring of a fetal brain.
