States+of+Consciousness+and+Drugs+Web+Tutorial

Go to [|this site] 1ST: Listen to Dr. Glen Hansen: Briefly explain the role of dopamine and drug usage.

Next: Read the Philosophy of a High and respond to the following:

How do drugs influence the synapse? What region of the brain is greatly influenced by drugs?

Next Scroll down. Check out the section called “CHANGES LAST LONG AFTER USE”. Complete the exercise. What did you learn? If you need a review on PET SCANS, please check out [|this link on brain scanning technology.]

Next Look left. Read about [|“THE BRAIN’S OTHER PATHWAYS”] and take note of details about the following: Dopamine: Serotonin: Glutamate and Gaba: Now go to the link: [|“DEATH BY OVERDOSE: HOW DRUGS CAN] [|KILL] Complete the following chart and tell us HOW THESE DRUGS CAN KILL. Polydrug Cocktails Heroin and Opiates Alcohol Nicotine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Cocaine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Amphetamine, Meth and MDMA <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Finally! Go to [|the Mouse Party!!!] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Scroll to the top and click on “ **EXPLORE: MOUSE PARTY** ”. Mouse party is designed to provide a small glimpse into the chemical interactions at the synaptic level that cause the drug user to feel “high”. Navigate through the mouse party and answer the following questions.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> **Eddie the Ecstasy Mouse**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1) When the transporter takes in the ecstasy, what does it do with the excess serotonin?  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) How does ecstasy cause “the high”? In other words, how does it over stimulate the receptors? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3) What are the serotonin pathways responsible for that ecstasy effects?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> **Annie the Alcohol Mouse**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1) GABA Neurotransmitters are responsible for what? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) What two things happen when Alcohol enters the brain? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3) Why is memory affected when people drink too much?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> **Carter the Cocaine Mouse**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1) What happens when cocaine blocks the dopamine transporters? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) Why are cocaine users so fidgety?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> **Miley the Marijuana Mouse**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1) Cannabinoid receptors turn off the release of what? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) What does THC do? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3) How are THC and anandamide similar? How are they different? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 4) Name 2 parts of the brain marijuana affects.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> **Lucy the LSD Mouse**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1) Why does LSD have complex sensory effects? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) What is the LC and what does it do?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> **Max the Meth Mouse**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1) How does Meth get into your body’s cells? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) What does the excess dopamine end up doing? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3) Why is Meth so addictive?