PSYC 4035 Chapter : Exam 1 Study Guide PSYC 4035
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Inadvertently increased heroin use as opium/morphine users shifted to black market heroin: 1920 alcohol prohibition, 18th amendment to the constitution, prohibited the production, sale, transportation, and importation of. An important parameter was the degree of a drug"s acculturation. For instance, new world plants such as tobacco (nicotine) and coca (cocaine) are relative newcomers to the. Conversely, poppy (opium) and hemp (cannabis) originated in. Including inferior colliculi, superior colliculi, and substantia nigra. *things below axis are ventral, things above are dorsal: superior (above, anterior (in front of, posterior (behind) Thalamus and hypothalamus: thalamus- relay station for sensory input, nerves go through it, hypo thalamus- important for motivation, including hunger and thirst, lateral hypothalamus, ventromedial hypothalamus (bottom/middle) Neural basis of reward: olds and milner (1954) discovered that electrical stimulation of a particular brain regions could function as a reinforcer for lever pressing in rats. Limbic system: collection of structures that includes amygdala (emotions) and hippocampus (memory)
