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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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Inhalants

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Any drug administered by breathing in its vapors. Most inhalants are organic solvents such as glue and paint thinner, or anaesthetic gases such as ether and nitrous oxide.

Neural substrate

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The set of brain structures that underlies specific behaviours or psychological states.

Receptor

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A large molecule that recognises specific chemicals (normally neurotransmitters, hormones, and similar endogenous substances) and transmits the message carried by the chemical into the cell on which ...

Amino acids

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Small chemical compounds that are the building blocks of proteins.

Explicit memory

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Memories derived from conscious learning, using our senses and attention to store information about what is in the world and where and when events have occurred.

Postsynaptic neuron

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A neuron that receives messages from neurons on the other sides of its synapses.

Norepinephrine

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A neurotransmitter and a hormone. It is released by the sympathetic nervous system onto the heart, blood vessels, and other organs and by the adrenal gland into the bloodstream as part of the ...

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