Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

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

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Anaesthesia

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The loss of sensation, primarily to pain, often accompanied by the loss of consciousness.

Cell membrane

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The outside covering, or "skin" of a cell. Receptors and ion channels are embedded in it.

Positron emission tomography (PET)

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A technique for measuring brain function in living human subjects by detecting the location and concentration of tiny amounts of radioactive chemicals.

Opioid

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Any chemical that has opiate-like effects; commonly used to refer to neurochemicals that activate opiate receptors (see Opiate Receptors).

Classical conditioning

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The form of implicit, unconscious learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a significant stimulus through repeated pairing of the two.