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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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cell body
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
The central structure of a neuron, which contains all of the molecular parts that keep the cell alive, generate new parts, and repair or destroy existing parts.
psychosis
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
Severe mental illnesses characterized by loss of contact with reality. Schizophrenia and severe depression are psychoses.
nucleus
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A cluster or group of nerve cells that is dedicated to performing its own special function(s). Nuclei are found in all parts of the brain except the cerebral cortex, where such groups are called ...
psilocybin
Health care; Drug rehabilitation
A natural hallucinogenic drug derived from a mushroom. It acts on the serotonin receptor.
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.
