Exam 15: Drug Addiction and the Brains Reward Circuits

Although the relevant evidence is far from convincing, libido-threatening reductions in testosterone, health-threatening reductions in immune function, cardiovascular problems, and amotivational syndrome have been attributed to the recreational use of

Which of the following illicit drugs was grown by George Washington as a commercial crop?

Which of the following opiates is an analgesic?

Drugs that tend to increase neural and behavioral activity are classified as

Marijuana contains over 80

A key point of the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction is that

Although __________ is extremely addictive, there are few serious withdrawal symptoms when a characteristic binge is terminated.

Which system is illustrated here? What is thought to be its function? This system is believed to be composed of two separate pathways: Name them and discuss.Label each of the 9 indicated structures using each of these 9 terms: prefrontal cortex, dorsal striatum, substantia nigra, amygdala, nucleus accumbens, limbic cortex, ventral tegmental area, septum, and olfactory tubercle.

A problem faced by many theories of drug conditioning is predicting

Evidence indicates that one common health hazard of chronic marijuana smoking is

Evidence that the nucleus accumbens is involved in drug addiction comes from reports that

Contingent drug tolerance is usually studied with

Many researchers believe that a major cause of drug relapse is

__________ is an opiate that is often prescribed for the treatment of heroin and morphine addiction.

Many addicts who are motivated to "kick their habit" manage to stop taking their drug, but they often

Which drug has been shown to increase the rate of cancer and heart disease in nonusers of the drug who are living with users of the drug?

If you wanted to conduct a study to determine whether rats find a particular drug pleasurable, the conditioned __________ paradigm would be a good test to use.

The defining feature of addiction is

Which country has taken a novel approach to the problem of heroin addiction, an approach that is proving to be an unqualified success?

The dopaminergic brain nucleus that has been linked more than any other to the rewarding effects of addictive drugs is the nucleus __________.