Neurochemistry - addiction

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Classes of substances w. abuse Potential (5+examples) Depressants (alc., benzo) Stimulants (coc., amph., caffeine) Analgesics (opioids/non-opioid anal.) Hallucinogens (LSD, ketamine) Psychotropic Drugs (antidepr., L-Dopa, lithium)
What does the effectiveness of a drug as a reinforcing stimulus depend on? On the contingency to the response. Most addictive drugs have immediate effects.
What is drug tolerance? What does it lead to? The decreased sensitivity to a drug after continued use. Higher doses are needed for same effect.
What is withdrawal? Symptoms opposite to drug effect; appear when drug is no longer taken. Caused by compensatory mechanisms.
Name the catecholamines; what substance are the synthesized from? Dopamnine, Noradrenaline, Adrenaline; Synthesized from tyrosine (an amino acid)
Which substance belongs to the indolamines; what substance is it synthesized from? Serotonin; Synthesized from tryptophan.
What functions is dopamine (among others) involved in? Movements, attention, learning....and reinforcement of drugs
Name the three mentioned systems influenced by dopamine + small description. Nigrostriatal System, controls movement; Mesolimbic System incl. nucleus acc. which is important for reinforcing effects -> incl. drug abuse; Mesocortical System incl. frontal cortex, problem solving / planning.
Which Dopamine receptors exist, are they located pre/postsynaptically and do they increase or prevent cyclic AMP production? D1: postsynaptically; increases AMP D2-D4: pre- and postsynaptically; prevent AMP production
Dopamine Antagonists mentioned (2) and their effect. AMPT: Inactivates tyrosine hydroxylase; catecholamine antagonist. Reserpine: prevents replenishment of syn. vesicles w. monoamines -> no release; monoamine antagonist.
Dopamine Agonists mentioned (3) and their effect. L-deprenyl: deactivate a monoamine oxidase (MAO-B) -> prevents degradation of dopamine -> more released Amphetamine: causes release of dopamine by reversing their transporters Cocaine/Ritalin: Inhibit dopamine reuptake
What Function does MAO fulfill normally? It transforms Dopamine into an inactive substance.
Which two methods where used in rats self-stimulation mapping studies, to map the reward circuit? Which area had a high influence on self-stimulation 2-DG (2-deoxyglucose) studies and lesion studies; The Medial Forebrain Bundle (MFB)
What areas does the MFB connect? lateral hypothalamus - midbrain tegmentum and limbic system Norepinephrine and serotonine cells - hypothalamus and cerebral cortex dopamine cells substantia nigra - striatum
What are the connections and functions of the nucleus accumbens? defines sensory stimuli as compelling by assessing behavioral consequences Values significance of these stimuli Connects interoceptive sensory structures to motor output (limbic-motor interface)
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