Drug rehabilitation

Drug rehabilitation

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

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short-term memory

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Also called "working memory," short-term memory enables us to use information from our senses and from our memory and hold that information in our consciousness long enough to think about it.

ether

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

An inhalant. Ether was one of the first anesthetics to be used in surgery, but has been replaced by more effective, safer anesthetics.

agonist

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A chemically simple, but psychoactively complex drug commonly used in many beverages. Alcohol is a depressant drug with significant liability for abuse and addiction.

anesthetic gases

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Gaseous drugs that produce loss of sensation and consciousness.

axon

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The cable-like structure neurons used to send messages to other neurons. It carries the neuron's electrical message.

inhibitory neurotransmitter

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A neurotransmitter that acts to prevent a neuron from firing an action potential.

respiratory center

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A small set of nuclei in the brain stem that regulate the speed and depth of breathing ultimately by controlling the muscles that move our chest and diaphragm.