Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

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

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Reuptake pump

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large molecule that actually transports neurotransmitter molecules back into the axon terminals that released them.

Metabolic tolerance

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The body's increased ability to eliminate a drug, thereby making a given dose less effective.

Being under the influence of, and responding to, the acute effects of a psychoactive drug. Intoxication typically includes feelings of pleasure, altered emotional responsiveness, altered perception, ...

Pentobarbital

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A depressant drug of the barbiturate family used to induce sleep.

Dentate gyrus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A key part of the hippocampus that contains one of the highest concentrations of cannabinoid receptors in the brain.

Acetaldehyde

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The metabolite that results when alcohol dehydrogenase breaks down alcohol in the body.

Endorphins

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Peptides with opiate-like effects that are made by neurons and used as neurotransmitters; one of the endogenous opioids that binds to opiate receptors.