Topic: Biopsychology: Stress, drugs, alcohol & your brain

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Answer the following prompts. Be sure to include all relevant details in your answer.
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1. Maryann has a substance abuse addiction but she is ready to seek treatment. Jackson, her boyfriend is an active opioid user and is not seeking treatment so Maryann is staying with her sister. Jackson just called and told her about a new drug that in his words cause “a high like you’ve never had before.” Jackson tried to talk Maryann into going with him to their dealer’s house to try the new drug. Maryann is trying to decide what to do. Explain the biological and physiological pathway to addiction. Be sure to include a discussion of why Maryann, who is trying to get clean, would consider going with Jackson to get high. ** you will need to use the Understanding the Addictions Pathway power point to answer the prompt.

2. Explain how neurons communicate from the first step to the last. Make sure you include a detailed explanation of resting and action potential. Include all relevant details and use correct terms in your answer.

Beginning at the axon terminals, explain how ecstasy affects how neurons communicate. Be sure to include which neurotransmitter is involved and whether ecstasy is an agonist or antagonist and what that means.

3. Explain the differences between amygdala anxiety/stress and cortex anxiety/stress. Provide at least one way to help reduce each.