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Drug rehabilitation

The processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment for the dependency on alcohol or narcotic drugs.

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adrenal gland

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A small gland in the body that releases a variety of hormones that help us deal with stress. Two of these hormones, epinephrine and norepinephrine, are also part of the flight-or-fight response. ...

fight-or-flight response

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

An automatic response of our body that prepares us to act to save ourselves when we become excited or scared.

organic solvents

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

One class of inhalants that includes substances such as gasoline, paint thinner, and glue. Organic solvents are neurotoxic because they dissolve fatty substances, including the axon's myeline sheath.

Alzheimer's disease

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A degenerative disease in which neurons of the brain die, leading to the loss of the ability to think, learn and remember (dementia).

Long-term memory circuit

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The brain circuit, including the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, which enables the brain to lay down and store memories in the cortex.

Operant conditioning

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

An unconscious form of learning in which a behaviour is linked to a specific stimulus through a process of reinforcement.

Brain stem

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The relatively primitive brain structure that starts where our spinal cord enters our head. Neurons within the brain stem control basic functions such as heart rate and breathing.

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