PSYC414 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychoactive Drug, Sigmund Freud, Partial Agonist
15 Mar 2018
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Pharmacokinetic (how do things get past barriers; in and out of the body // half life; solubility/fat solubility) starts on lecture 3. Neurotransmitters and their systems (synthesis of the nt; diagram in the book?: catecholamines, monoamines (da, 5-ht, epinephrine, acetylcholine, glutamate and gaba, activation / inactivation; neural function of the nt. Where do drugs work in the synapse: enzymes, transporters, pre synaptic/post synaptic, what they do at those different places. Activity at the body at the moment; endogenous tone (?) how that effects the growth. 6 of these; ask you to do 5. Dose response curves (what it means to go to the right/left) = affect nt, enzymes, receptors, and their functioning. Non-psychoactive drugs stopped at the blood-brain barrier. Psychoactive drugs affect feelings thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors. Drug preference goes in a cycle b/w stimulants/opiates. 1800s- home brews; isolate compounds- dangerous; cocaine (sigmund freud) Cell bodies contain nucleus, dna, proteins, cytoplasm; mitochondira- powerhouse.
