Dopamine Flashcards
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Dopamine
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A brain chemical that makes you feel pleasure and its involved in addiction
2
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Mesolimbic pathway
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A part of the brain that controls reward, pleasure, linked to addiction
3
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Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA)
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The part of the brain that starts the release of dopamine, creating the feeling of pleasure
4
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Tolerance
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When you need more of the drug to feel the same effects because your brain gets used to it
5
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Frontal cortex
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The part of the brain that helps with decision making and self control which changes in addiction
6
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Nucleus Accumbens (NAc)
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A part of the brain that responds to dopamine but becomes less sensitive with drug use
7
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D2 receptors
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Brain receptors that respond to dopamine but become less sensitive with drug use
