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.

parallel processing

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

When various cortical fields and nuclei work together simultaneously, each on a small part of a big information-processing job.

A molecule produced inside neurons as a step in the process of communication between cells. The second messenger lets other parts of the cell know that a specific receptor has been activated, thereby ...

action potential

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The electrical part of a neuron's two-part, electrical-chemical message. An action potential consists of a brief pulse of electrical current that travels along the axon to relay messages over long ...

opiate receptors

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The opiate receptor and other brain receptors are proteins located on the surfaces of nerve cells, or neurons. The brain works through neurons communicating with each other by releasing signaling ...