SC235 Unit Seven Angela M. Foster, EdD [email protected] AIM: [email protected].

SC235Unit Seven

Angela M. Foster, EdD

[email protected]

AIM: [email protected]

National Institute of Drug Abuse

“NIDA’s mission is to bring the power of science to bear

on drug abuse and addiction.” Photo courtesy of NIDA

Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiate , and Marijuana.

Illustration used with permission, courtesy of Lydia V. Kibiuk and the Society for Neuroscience.

Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates. and Marijuana.

Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.

Your Brain on DrugsYour Brain on Drugs

Photo courtesy of Nora Volkow, Ph.D. Mapping cocaine binding sites in human and baboon brain in vivo. Fowler JS, Volkow ND, Wolf AP, Dewey SL, Schlyer DJ, Macgregor RIR, Hitzemann R, Logan J, Bendreim B, Gatley ST. et al. Synapse 1989;4(4):371-377.

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Drugs HaveDrugs HaveLong-term Long-term ConsequencesConsequences

Photo courtesy of the NIDA Web site. From A Slide Teaching Packet: The Brain and the Actions of cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana.

The Memory of DrugsThe Memory of Drugs

Photo courtesy of Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D.

AmygdalaAmygdalanot lit upnot lit up

AmygdalaAmygdalaactivatedactivated

Cocaine VideoCocaine Video Nature VideoNature Video

Back of BrainBack of Brain

Front of BrainFront of Brain

Visit NIDA’s Web Site at:http://drugabuse.govhttp://drugabuse.gov

Photo courtesy of NIDA

Unit Seven: Discussion BoardAlzheimer’s Disease

(1) Summarize an article on Alzheimer’s – See assignment on the Discussion Board for the link.

(2) Respond to your (imaginary) friend Paul, whose father has AD, of how the findings in a classmate's article might affect Paul's father and his treatment.

Unit Seven – Lab Project 4Mapping the Nervous System

• Use the Template

• Do not need to do this in Essay form

• Complete tables in Template

• Answer ALL questions

DUE JANUARY 4th

Have a nice Winter Break!

Time to Relax!

December 24 – January 2

I will be on vacation too!

Image credits: Microsoft Clip Art

Image credits: Microsoft Clip Art