Mouse Party - Robert Ly | Library

Instructions

GO to link and learn!! https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse

2

Before heroin enters the system, _______ neurotransmitters are active in the synapse. These neurotransimitters inhibit _______ from being released.

1

Heroin mimics our body's natural _______, turning off dopamine inhibition.

1

Which of the following molecules shuts down the release of inhibitory neurotransmitters? (Select 2).

2

Our body's opiates are natural _______. This is why _______, a drug related to heroin, is used as a painkiller.

0

Draw a picture showing what will happen after heroin binds to the opiate receptor. Include dopamine, dopamine receptors, and a label for the synapse.

1

Ecstasy mimics _______ in our bodies and is more readily taken up by receptors. 

1

After entering the cell, ecstasy "confuses" the serotonin transporters causing them to __________

4

Drag the appropriate label to each of the boxes.

Briefly explain why one of the effects of long-term marijuana use is memory loss using what you have learned about anandamide.

1

Meth mimics the shape of which of the body's natural neurotransmitters?
__________

2

Once meth has entered the cell, it forces dopamine out of its vesicles. This causes transporters to pump dopamine into the __________, where it __________.

1

Briefly explain why meth has a higher risk of addiction than any of the other drugs discussed prior.

1

Select all of the glutamate neurotransmitters in the picture below.

1

__________ neurotransmitters are responsible for inhibiting nerve cells from firing. 

1

Alcohol is classified as a depressant. Explain in 2-3 sentences why this is using what you know about GABA inhibitory neurotransmitters and glutamate neurotransmitters.

1

Select each region that the cocaine molecules will bind to.

1

Both cocaine and heroin work directly on the brain's _________.

1

Cocaine inhibits the re-uptake of _______ in the brain causing overstimulation.

1

LSD acts almost exclusively on _______ neurons because of its resemblance to that neurotransmitter.

1

LSD ____________ serotonin receptors in the brain.

1

LSD and other hallucinogens excite a particular region of the brain known as the __________.

https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/methmouse/

Click on the link, and make sure you read "Long-term effects of meth use" under the "more information tab."

1

Prolonged exposure to the flood of neurotransmitters that meth induces causes __________.