Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

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

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Brain reward system

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain circuit that, when activated, reinforces behaviors. The circuit includes the dopamine-containing neurons of the ventral tegmental area, the nucleus accumbens, and part of the prefrontal ...

Cues

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Formerly neutral stimuli that acquire the ability to elicit drug-craving through classical condition. Cues are also called triggers.

Adenosine

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A neurotransmitter that binds to the adenosine receptor. Caffeine is an adenosine antagonist and prevents adenosine from binding with its receptor.

Free will

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Our ability to make choices and decisions that are not under the control of outside forces or prior causes.

Reward

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The process that reinforces behavior. It is mediated at least in part by the release of dopamine into the nucleus accumbens. Human subjects report that reward is associated with feelings of pleasure.