drugs-chronic neurocog effects

Question 1

small effects on processing speed, learning, and WM; dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, GABA

Answer 1

alcohol

Question 2

no serious toxicity; cannabinoid recepter

Answer 2

cannabis

Question 3

decreased attention, WM, and visual memory; increased dopamine in limbic system

Answer 3

cocaine

Question 4

decreased verbal episodic memory, complex info processing speed, WM, response inhibition, novel problem solving, decision making; mesolimbic-mesocortical & nigro-striatal dopaminergic pathways

Answer 4

methamphetamines

Question 5

risk of cognitive impairment, depression; GABA receptor

Answer 5

barbituates

Question 6

memory & motor deficits, GABA receptor

Answer 6

benzodiazepines

Question 7

EF, WM, impulsivity; opioid receptors

Answer 7

opioids

Question 8

studies not available on chronic cognitive effects; serotonin

Answer 8

hallucinogens

Question 9

short and long term memory, attention; serotonin

Answer 9

ecstacy