SC235 Unit Seven Angela M. Foster, EdD AIM:

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) 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 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): Min

Drugs Have Long-term Consequences 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 Drugs Photo courtesy of Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D. Amygdala not lit up Amygdala activated Cocaine Video Nature Video Nature Video Back of Brain Front of Brain

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Unit Seven: Discussion Board Alzheimer’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 4 Mapping the Nervous System Use the Template Do not need to do this in Essay form Complete tables in Template Answer ALL questions DUE JANUARY 4 th

Have a nice Winter Break! Time to Relax! December 24 – January 2 I will be on vacation too! Image credits: Microsoft Clip Art