Unit 3 Lecture Flashcards

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homeostasis

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  • body maintains balance of EVERYTHING

- maintained by control mechanism

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3 components of control mechanisms

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  1. ) detector
  2. ) set-point
  3. ) effector
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detector

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  • where am i

- have to constantly check

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set point

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where you want to be

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effector

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  • how do I get there
  • activated when not where want to be
  • set point - detector = effector
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cruise control

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  • control mechanism
  • detector- spedometer
  • set-point: speed you set
  • effector- accelerator and brake (speed up or slow down)
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too high blood sugar

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  • viscosity of blood increases

- hard on heart

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taking (erythropoietin) EPO

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  • encourages bone marrow to make more RBCs
  • can deliver more O2 to tissues
  • side affect: blood sugar high
  • would have to take months before race (have to monitor always)
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living at high altitude

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-encourages bone marrow to make RBC

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hypoglycemic shock

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  • blood sugar too low

- bad for brain

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detectors for glucostasis

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-measure blood sugar in ventricle walls

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set-point for glucostasis

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  • set point in hypothalamus

- tells pancreas to release insulin

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effector for glucostasis

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-pancreas and liver

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glucostasis

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  • maintaining balance of blood sugar

- short therm

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3 macro-nutrients

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  1. ) fats
  2. ) sugars
  3. ) proteins
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lipo-stasis

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  • maintaining balance of fats

- long term

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immediately after eating

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pancreas releases insulin

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insulin

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  • hormone released from pancreas

- promotes conversion of sugar to fat

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hormone

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-chemical messenger

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insulin effects

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  • liver
  • adipose tissue
  • other tissues
  • causes different tissues to respond differently
  • makes blood sugar fall
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insulin message to liver

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-liver takes glucose and turns it into glycogen (starch)

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insulin message to adipose tissue

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-takes abundance of glucose and turns it into fat

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insulin message to all other tissues

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-turn glucose into energy required for activity

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insulin and brain

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  • insulin can’t get to brain
  • brain uses active transport to get glucose
  • only tissue no impacted by insulin release directly
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3 ways to lower blood sugar
1. ) turn to glycogen (liver) 2. ) turn to fat (adipose) 3. ) break for energy (other tissues)
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glucagon
- released when blood sugar drops - hormone - inhibits release of insulin - released ~4 hrs after eating
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liver response to glucagon
- turns glycogen back to glucose | * brain needs glucose
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adipose response to glucagon
- turn fat into fatty acids - can't turn fat easily back into sugar - body can burn fatty acids instead of glucose when necessary
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sugar
- unconditioned stimulus that elicits unconditioned response of insulin release - results in blood sugar falling
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classical conditioning and blood sugar
- acquisition of association between neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus - Ex: package (ns) -> sugar (ucs) -> insulin - package becomes CS and insulin becomes CR
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before meal
- conditioned stimuli (smell, package, time, etc) - blood sugar spike - then blood sugar crash - it's okay b/c you will present the actual sugar in the meal to go back to baseline
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hungry before eat
- not b/c short on energy | - because of learned conditioned stimulus
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do diet drinks make you fat
- rats given saccharin/sugar/plain water - something about sugar makes it ucs causing release of insulin (ucr) - sweet taste of artificial sweetener is cs, causing insulin release (cr) -> hungry
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rats given water in diet drink experiment
- control group - few drink calories - normal food calories
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rats given glucose water in diet drink experiment
- more drink calories - eat less food - total caloric intake same as control
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rats given saccharin water
- few drink calories | - food calories exceed control and glucose group
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how can you not get fat from diet drinks
-drink after or with a meal b/c replenishing sugar at that time
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advantage of human driver over cruise control
- human driver speeds up before get to hill so that gears aren't all stressed by cruise control - can use classical conditioning to predict future * same thing as noontime hunger
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noontime hunger
- preemptive reduction in glucose as a way to compensate for the inevitable increase in sugar - not intended to represent food shortage- why hunger fades away - just intended to prepare for oncoming sugar
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insulin release cause dip in blood sugar
-converts glucose into glycogen, fat, or energy
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Prader-Willy Syndrome
- insulin levels always hight - not able to release sugar into the blood - turing it all into fat - would have continuously depleted blood sugar and you would continually turn it into fat
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why are food ads conditioning experiment
- see image of food - release insulin - blood sugar drops - call company of advertising for food (Ex: Dominos)
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diet drinks ucs
sugar
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diet drinks ucr
release insulin
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diet drinks neutral stimulus
sweet tast
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diet drinks cr
insulin release | *ucr and cr the same
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diabetes mellitus
- glucose in urine - extra glucose in blood excreted with water - "honey urine"
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type 1 diabetes
- auto-immune disorder - body thinks glucose is intruder - can't make insulin
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type 2 diabetes
- relative insensitivity to insulin | - can make insulin, but cells are listening
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satiety
- feeling of being satisfied - feeling full - "quiet" signal compared to others
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pleasure from eating
-resulting in obesity epidemic
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taste
- chemical analysis through tongue - sweet - sour - salty - bitter - umami
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sweet
- response to sugar- glucose, sucrose, fructose | - behavior response- want more
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sour
- respond to hydrogen ions (acids) | - behavior response- drool- dilutes acid
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salty
- response to Na+ ions | - behavior response- want more to certain point
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bitter
- response to OH- - behavioral response- spit it out * use higher cognition to develop taste for lettuce even though it is bitter (good for you)
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umami
- response to glutamate (AA) | - behavioral response- want more
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taste of fat
-doesn't have a flavor, but helps to spread other flavors around (fruit or bread)
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spicy
- response to capsaicin - behavioral response- heat/pain * good preservative- prevents bacterial growth
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avian seed dispersal
- birds don't taste capsaicin as hot, but rather as sweet | - eat the peppers (etc) and spread across globe
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why exercise is effective
- since # calories burned during activity is small, speculation - don't just burn calories during the actual exercise 1. ) raise body temp for hours 2. ) build muscle tissue 3. ) serotonin release- hear satiety signal 4. ) stress hormones released- endorphins (feel good) and glucagon (boosts blood sugar- not hungry after)
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serotonin and subtle satiety signal
-appetite suppressant
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SSRIs
- antidepressant - serious side effects - can lead to weight gain - help with weight control b/c more serotonin quite other "voices" and increase effect of satiety "voice"
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feelings of satiety
1. ) stomach distension | 2. ) duodenum distention
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stomach distension
- bulges - ghrelin (hormone) released into blood stream - tells you to stop eating
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duodenum distention
- releases cholecystokinin (CCK) - tells pyloric sphincter to close - food backs up into stomach - stimulates vagus nerve (implicated in digestion)
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CCK
- released in duodenum - signals brain to release - can't use as weight loss product b/c CCK can't cross BBB (brain has to make it directly)
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mutant (obese) and normal mice
- speculated the blood streams were different - made into siamese-twin mice - blood streams connected now - results: mutant mouse got skinny normal mouse stayed the same * normal mouse had leptin and Ob mouse didn't
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leptin
- released when fat cells get big 1. ) cranks up immune system 2. ) suppresses appetite- negative feedback 3. ) cranks up activity
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why CCK not on market
- pill broken in gut- need in brain | - injection still can't cross BBB
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why incentive to develop taste for spicy food
-food preservative
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why obesity low in colorado
- high altitude | - lots of elite athletes move there to increase RBC production
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why is there an epidemic of obesity
- high fructose corn syrup - brain has glucose and insulin detectors in ventricle walls - don't have fructose detectors - deliver lots of calories in fructose form and not noticing that delivering b/c glucose receptors blind to fructose - Ex: drink coke and not any less hungry
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Nixon's farm subsidies
- HFCS- 55% fructose, 42% glucose - lots of corn - extracted HFCS- where it originated
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anorexia
- "no appetite"- not really what it is - obsessed with food b/c starving - 0.5-2% of women - women 20x men - disorder of control- only way to control chaotic environment
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anorexia and leptin levels
- would expect them to have extra leptin based on the 3 leptin functions - not true, they have reduced leptin level- not a lack of the appetite
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hypertrophism
- male form of anorexia - increase in volume of organ or tissue - muscle are too big
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electromyogram (EMG)
- electrical activity in muscles | - measures muscle tone
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electrooculogram (EOG)
-eye activity
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electroencephalogram (EEG)
-measures brain activity
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exogenous
- externally generated | - cycle (cue): sun around earth
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endogenous
- internally generated | - cycle: inside your head
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internal clock
- 25 hours long - have to synchronize with exogenous cycle of sun - if no exogenous cycle, still would do stuff at similar times just a little off
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m cells
- in retina - detects motion - signaling is fast - magnocellular- big
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p cells
- in retina - detect shape and form - signaling is slow - parvocellular- small
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k cells
- in retina - detect- bright and dark - really slow - koniocellular- really small (powder)
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is spring forward or fall back easier
- spring forward lose an hour of sleep - spring- shortening day by hour - fall back- gain an hour of sleep - fall- lengthening day by hour * fall is easier b/c you're technically on a 25 hour clock, so adding and hour is NATURAL
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fall back and traffic
-fewer traffic accidents
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optic chiasm
-site in brain where optic nerves cross
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supra-chiasmatic nucleus
- bundle of cells above optic chiasm | - where endogenous clock is
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Gervil with ablated SCN
- cut out SCN - gerbil acts like doesn't have a clock * if transplant mutant (short cycle) or normal SCN cells, receiving will have that type of clock
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why do we sleep
1. ) repair/restoration 2. ) helps us make a living (evolutionary)- save energy since hard to hunt at night * both true
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Evidence for repair and restoration theory
- after vigorous exercise sleep extra hours compared to normal - infants sleep a lot b/c constantly building cortex
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unexplained repair and restoration theory
- predators and prey - predators sleep a lot compared to prey - because prey is vulnerable to predation and often has to eat more b/c plants are food source * suggests that repair/restoration is not why we sleep
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herbivore
- sleep little (2 hrs/day) - subject to predation - low calorie food source, so have to constantly graze
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carnivore
- sleep a lot (16 hrs/day) | - eat high calorie food, so don't have to continually graze
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omnivores
- sleep moderate hours (8 hrs/day) | - eat meat and plants
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dolphins
* evidence that evolutionary and repair theory apply to sleep - figured out way to sleep for their lifestyle- they are air breathing swimmers - if they sleep they drown, therefore by evolutionary argument they don't sleep (FALSE) - do sleep b/c need to repair - dolphin's sleep patterns matches helping them earn a living * only one hemisphere of brain sleeps at a time
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evidence SCN generates circadian rhythm
- Gerbils - recipient with ablated SCN gets donor cells and acts same way as donor did - If given normal -> act normal - if given mutant -> act mutant
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why is SCN above optic chiasm
- need to be re-synchronized every day | - photoreceptors in retina allow for reset
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getting to sleep
- have to decrease arousal - have to decrease temperature- slows processes - abundance of melatonin released from pineal gland
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why doesn't melatonin help with insomnia
- probably more an anxiety disorder, as opposed to a melatonin disorder - you're already releasing melatonin when going to sleep, so taking more has no effect
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melatonin at times other than sleep
- does knock you out | - Ex: eating turkey
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how many stages of sleep
- 4 | - deeper into sleep as progress through stages
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initial stage 1 sleep
- think awake, but really asleep - easily confused with wakefulness - when you suddenly "jump"
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stages of sleep
``` -wakeful 1- initial 2 3 2 1- emergent *90 minute cycle ```
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light sleep
- stage 1 - EOG- eyes aren't doing much - EEG- brain relatively energetic and organized - EMG- relatively high muscle tone
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deep sleep
- stage 2 and 3 - EOG- eyes aren't doing much - EEG- little brain activity and chaotic - EMG- low muscle tone
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emergent stage 1
- paradoxical b/c aspects are combo of characteristics of deep and light sleep - EEG- relatively energetic (light) - EMG- low muscle tone (deep)
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REM
- rapid eye movement sleep - also has aspects of deep and light - relatively energetic - pons, limbic, parietal, and temporal activity
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when wake person up from REM
- they say they are dreaming | - suggests that REM sleep is "dream" sleep
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REM rebound
-if deprived of REM, you try to make up for it and have multiple REM cycles
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high activity in pons during REM
-random signals to brain -> random dreams
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limbic system active during REM
-reason why scare self awake
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parietal cortex during REM
- active during REM - spacial perception - later visual area that is active
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temporal cortex active during REM
- facial perception | - later visual area that is active
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Inactivity during REM
- V1- visual area - M1- paralysis during REM - frontal activity- degree depends on the individual
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abnormally high frontal cortical activity REM
- implicated in lucid dreams - aware that you are dreaming - have ability to exert control over dream - as if conscious
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active parasympathetic
- increase in digestion - increase immune system - enables penile erections * relaxed state
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social ridicule
- causes fear rxn - Ex: laughed at when naked -> causes fear rxn to get naked in presence of others - sympathetic nervous system turns up (para turned down) * possible cause of ED
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causes of erectile dysfunction
1. ) physical symptoms- nerve damage, BP problem | 2. ) psychological- fear rxn
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why go to sleep lab for ED
- every time anybody that CAN get erection goes into REM, they have an erection - even if not a sexual dream - during sleep, don't have psychological symptoms - shows that ED is not a physical problem * women also get lubricated
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emergent stage 1
- EOG - EMG- deep - EEG- light * paradoxical * similar to REM
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part of brain that is active during REM
1. ) limbic system- accounts for emotional urgency 2. ) pons- randomness 3. ) temporal/parietal- face/place 4. ) frontal cortex- lucid
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Insomnia
- anxiety problem - can be onset- cant get to sleep - or can be termination- wake up often
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sleep apnea
- wake up hundreds of times a night and not remember any of it (brief) - rarely experience emergent stage 1 - wake up during stage 2 - interrupted breathing and muscle tones
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narcolepsy
- hypersomnia - fall asleep suddenly- straight into REM - cataplexy
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cataplexy
- strong emotion | - sleep paralysis
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sleep paralysis
- ease into wakefulness from REM | - only part of brain knows you're awake
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therapy for sleep apnea
- CPAP machine- addresses the loss of muscle tone- keeps airway open - lose weight - antihistamine- reduce inflammation
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narcolepsy therapy
- stimulant | - actually need nice good sleep
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features of REM
- low muscle tone | - paralysis- if occurs during wakening -> cataplexy
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psychoactive drugs
- drugs that change the way we see and interpret the world | - exogenous
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administration of psychoactive drugs
- has to pass BBB - has to be small or fat soluble - ingestion, inhalation, or injection
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slowest method of drug delivery
- ingestion | - safest- can puke it out
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injection of drug fast response
- if want to brain fast, inject into carotid artery | - hard to get to artery
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blood vessels on surface
- veins | * arteries are deeper
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injection of drug into veins
- has to go to heart, lungs, heart, then brain - not the fastest * injection most dangerous
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inhale a drug
- lungs to heart to brain | - fastest way besides injecting into an artery
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snorting
- not inhalation- not as fast - imbedding into mucus membranes - as fast as injection - safer than injection or inhalation
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metabolic tolerance of alcohol
- liver adapts to produce more of the enzymes to break down alcohol in stomach - more liver NZ to break down means you have to drink more to get more of an effect
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cellular tolerance of cocaine
- cocaine causes dopamine levels to be elevated - post-synaptic neurons constantly turned on - some receptor sites shut down - lose receptor sites for dopamine - can no longer experience pleasure unless have cocaine (need more)
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cross tolerance
- tolerant for more than one drug that targets a specific neurotransmitter - Ex: cocaine is dopamine agonist -> crank up; meth also cranks you up, so crack addict would need more meth than novice drug user
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experienced user of cocaine
- tolerate drugs that crank you up | - can't tolerate heroin or morphine b/c they target endorphins, not dopamine
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behavioral tolerance
- somebody who is drunk is not always a bad driver - if being drunk is a lifestyle behave better when drunk - can change behavior to suit different kinds of drugs
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how to get most out of illegal drugs
-pack with other white powder substances (ex: baby formula)
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conditioned drug use
- present drug (UCS) to body, it releases NZ to break it down (UCR) - drug preps are neutral stimulus - present drugs after preps leads to NZ degradation * develop association for neutral stimulus- preps (CS) alone will cause enzymatic degradation (CR)
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Nth time taking drugs
- preps are not longer neutral - preps are now conditioned stimulus - endorphines fall b/c of association with prep * will take more injection of drug to get to goal effect * presentation of cs (prep) and ucs (drug)
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conditioned withdrawal
- need more drug to get intended effect b/c association of neutral stimulus (preps, setting, etc) causes endorphin levels to fall preparing for drug - have to have more drug to get to effect (recreational dose)
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presentation of ucs w/o cs
- taking drug in different setting or new situation | - if take same amount as normal will overdose b/c didn't preemptively withdraw (have endorphins fall) before injecting
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presentation of cs w/o ucs
- present the preps, but don't present the drugs - smell of nicotine, but no nicotine for quitters - have desperate need for cigarette when smell nicotine
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2 most addictive drugs
1. ) nicotine | 2. ) heroin
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2 ways of defining addiction
1. ) is it the person that addicted | 2. ) is it the drug that is addictive
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habitual users vs. addicts
- addicts continues to take the drug in the face of social consequences - habitual users can stop if want to
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addicted person
- continue to take drugs in the face of social consequences - physiology frontal cortex abnormalities- hard to control impulses and working memory - behavior- hard time imagining future
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difference between cocaine and heroin user
- heroin is addictive, cocaine isn't - behavioral and physiological differences - heroin user has frontal cortex degeneration - heroin users have a hard time imagining future
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Olds and Milner
- studied physiological mechanism of addiction - rat in box with lever for food and lever for electrode - starving rat
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reward center in our brains
- nucles accumbens - due to dopamine jolt - cocaine stimulates same part of brain
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pleasure
- what motivates us - not necessarily immediate - cocaine is immediate pleasure
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mastery of experiences
-willing to endure cold to make it to the top of Mt. Everest
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what is an addictive drug
- a drug that encourages basal ganglia to release dopamine | - stimulates nucleus accumbens (pleasure center)
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basal ganglia
-bundle of cells at bottom of brain
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substantia Nigra
- part of basal ganglia | - dopaminergic- manufactures and releases dopamine
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nucleus accumbens
- part of basal ganglia | - main target site of addictive drugs
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sources of pleasure
1. ) sex 2. ) eating 3. ) socializing 4. ) mastery of experiences
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habitual user dosage
- have to take more compared to novice b/c 1. ) build up tolerance 2. ) have conditioned withdrawal
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4 reasons a habitual user can tolerate drug
1. ) more NZ 2. ) fewer receptor sites 3. ) tolerate drugs that target same nt 4. ) change behavior to be able to tolerate drug
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what happens if you present the cs but not the ucs
-feel yourself in desperate need for the drug (ucs)
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why is it cliche for someone to say "I can quit anytime I want"
- if CAN, just a habitual user | - if CANT, considered an addict
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not addictive drugs
- LSD | - Marijuana
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drug use
- taking for clinical intended effects | - Ex: taking Ritalin and having better focus
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drug abuse
- taking drug for fun | - Ex: taking Ritalin from friend
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mental disorders
1. ) anxiety disorders 2. ) mood disorders 3. ) psychotic disorders 4. ) personality disorders
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mood disorders
1. ) major depression | 2. ) bipolar disorder
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drugs for depression
-antidepressant
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bipolar disorder
- have really great and really bad moods - drugs: mood stabilizer (lithium) - have to make highs not so high and lows not so low
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drugs for anxiety
- anxiolytics- benzodiazepines - depressants - librium - xanax - valium * taken and abused recreationally
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drugs for psychotic disorders
-anti-psychotics
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drugs for personality disorders
-there are no drugs
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uppers
-stimulants
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downers
-depressants
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upper and downer
-narcotics
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hallucinogens
- generates hallucinations - not an upper or downer - like a catch all b/c doesn't fit in any of the other categories - Ex: marijuana
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drug categories
1. ) uppers 2. ) downers 3. ) upper/downer 4. ) hallucinogen
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cocaine
- indirect dopamine agonist - traditional uses were coca chewing and tea - has medical uses - recreational uses - causes convulsions - upper drug (stimulant)
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Schedule 1 drug
- potential for abuse | - no clinical uses
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Schedule 2 drug
- potential for abuse - has clinical uses - Ex: cocaine
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cocaine clinical use
- can be used as topical analgesic | - can also be used as topical vasoconstrictor
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cocaine recreational uses
- cocaine hydrochloride | - snorted (mucus membrane) or inhaled (lungs)
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two most addictive substances
1. ) heroin | 2. ) nicotine
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drug self-administration in rats
- heroin- press bar and stop later - nicotine- press bar and stop later - cocaine- don't stop pressing bar until convulsions
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cocaine rat vs Olds/Milner rat
- cocaine rat stopped pressing bar b/c of convulsions - Olds and Milner rat stopped pressing bar b/c of exhaustion * both stimulating pleasure center
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barbiturates
- depressant (downer) - indirect GABA agonist - TI= 30 (have to take 30x effective dose to kill) - Ex: amo barbitol, quaalude
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therapeutic index
TI= LD50%/ ED50% - lethal dose for 50%/ effective dose for 50% - mg of drug/ kg of body weight
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TI for benzodiazepines
- depressant (downer) - preferred of barbiturate - TI= 300 - Ex: valium, xanax
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alcohol
- depressant - yeast, antispetic, metablic enzymes - indirect GABA agonist (help GABA bind) - recreational uses - addictive - targets dopamine production and release
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GABA antagonist as sobriety drug
- doesn't work - makes you a wired drunk - they don't work on the same parts of the brain - why you shouldn't drink coffee with alcohol - Ex: alcohol suppresses cerebellum, while coffee stimulates basal ganglia
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parts of brain sensitive to alcohol
1. ) cerebellum- why less coordinated 2. ) frontal cortex- why impulsive 3. ) amygdala- why less anxious
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caffeine
- dopamine agonist | - stimulates basal ganglia
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why experimental GABA antagonist can't be used
- brain isn't activated by the alcohol | - rest of body suffers from alcohol toxicity
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prevalence of depression
- believed more prevalent among women - may not be true - women may just get treated more than men - men that are depressed may self-medicate
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type 1 alcoholism
- equal prevalence in men and women | - most common type
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type 2 alcoholism
- more prevalent in men - lower than normal drunkenness symptoms (cerebral and frontal suppression) - higher than normal anxiolytic effects- amygdala
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self-medicating in men
- type 2 alcoholism - very successful at relieving anxiety - don't get drunk
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narcotics
- stimulant of nucleus accumbens (pleasure) - depressant of brainstem (life sustaining reflex) - direct endorphin agonist - morphine, heroin, analgesics, etc
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endorphin agonist
- bind to and activate endorphin sites - morphine and heroin - analgesics
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heroin
- when crosses BBB turns into morphine | - more fat soluble than morphine, so more efficient delivery to brain
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analgesic
- pain reliever - aspirin acts at site of pain - morphine acts in brain
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brainstem
- life sustaining reflexes - cough (why codeine fixes cough) - digestion
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endorphins and the utility of pain during stress
- enorphins released under conditions of stress - why you can run w/ injury - internal pain reliever
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leprosy
- not about flesh rotting off body - can't feel pain, so don't avoid dangers - hurt self without intending to
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narcan (naloxone)
- counters effects of opiate overdose - opioid antagonist- binds to endorphin receptors and doesn't activate - prevents narcotic from binding - prevents pain relief * targets FEELING aspect of pain
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placebo and acupuncture
- cause you to release own endorphins | - essential like giving heroin
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narcan and acupuncture, heroin, morphine
-pain relief prevented
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narcan and hypnosis
- doesn't prevent pain releif | * suggests that hypnosis is not based on endorphin release- targets EMOTION aspect of pain
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aspects of pain
1. ) feeling | 2. ) emotion/motivation
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LSD and pain
- not analgesic - does not reduce pain - if take with other analgesics makes pain less of priority for brain
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LSD and narcan
- still have pain relief b/c LSD doesn't target pain | - "placebo" pain
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what targets feeling aspect of pain
- analgesics - narcan - acupuncture
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what targets emotional aspects of pain
- LSD - hypnosis * placebo's for pain
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Hallucinogens
-psychoactive drugs that cause changes in perception, emotion, consciousness, and thought
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LSD
- not really a hallucinogen - doesn't make you see something that isn't there - stimulates what is already in your head - notice paths that things take - sensory stimulant - direct serotonin agonist
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iconic memory
-fast decaying store of visual information
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synestesia
- senses together - see something, so hear something as result - hearing colors
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marijuana
- not a hallucinogen or a narcotic - direct anandamide (blissful) agonist - hemp plant - schedule 1 drug
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resin
- in bud of female hemp plant - source of marijuana - female plants aggressive, so makes more buds when male plant pollen taken away - reason why marijuana can be grown effectively and is so potent
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THC
- agonist for cannabinoid receptor - suppresses release of nts in brain - active ingredient in marijuana - produces relaxed state and heightens senses * aka marinol
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Marinol
- medical marijuana - primarily THC - anti-emitic- reduces nausea - increases appetite - common for cancer patients
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ingested Marinol vs smoked marijuana
- essentially same substance - inhaled marijuana less effective anti-emitic - Marinol has more psychoactive metabolites than marijuana
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oncologist survey
-44% said they had recommended pot to patients
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1986 DEA hearings
- Reagan asked if should make marijuana schedule 2 (medicinal) - panal said yes, but Reagan still overruled
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nucleus accumbens receptors
-no anandamide receptors
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brainstem receptors
-receptors for narcotics
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therapeutic index of marijuana
- not lethal - not addictive - and has medicinal aspects - haven't determined TI yet, but have established that rats can handle 5000x effective dose (doesn't kill, just more stoned)
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drug (steroid) testing in athletes
- not b/c enhances performance | - dangerous to yourself, so force others to engage in dangerous performance