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39 Cards in this Set
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AMPHETAMINE
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A STIMULANT DRUG WHOSE EFFECTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF COCAINE
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BEFORE-AND-AFTER DESIGN
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EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN USED TO DEMONSTRATE CONTINGENT DRUG TOLERANCE; EXPERIMENTAL GROUP RECEIVES THE DRUG BEFORE EACH OF A SERIES OF BEHAVIORAL TESTS AND THE CONTROL RECEIVES THE DRUG AFTER EACH TEST
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BEURGER'S DISEASE
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CONDITION IN WHICH BLOOD VESSELS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SUPPLYING LEGS, ARE CONSTRICTED WHENEVER NICOTINE ENTERS THE BLOODSTREAM, THE ULTIMATE RESULT BEING GANGRENE AND AMPUTATION
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CROSS TOLERANCE
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TOLERANCE TO THE EFFETS OF ONE DRUG THAT DEVELOPS AS THE RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO ANOTHER DRUG THAT ATS BY THE SAME MECHANISM
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CONTINGENT DRUG TOLERANCE
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DRUG TOLERANCE THAT DEVELOPS AS A REACTION TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS RATHER THAN TO DRUG EXPOSURE ALONE
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CONDITIONED DRUG TOLERANCE
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TOLERANCE EFFECTS THAT ARE MAXIMALLY EXPRESSED ONLY WHEN A DRUG IS ADMINISTERED IN THE SITUATION IN WHICH IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADMINISTERED
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CONDITIONED COMPENSATORY RESPONSES
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PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OPPOSITE TO THE EFFECTS OF A DRUG THAT ARE THOUGHT O BE ELICITED BY STIMULI THAT ARE REGULARLY ASSOCIATED WIHT EXPERIENCING THE DRUGS EFFECTS
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CIRRHOSIS
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SCARRING, TYPICALLY OF THE LIVER
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COCAINE
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A POTENT CATECHOLAMINE AGONIST AND STIMULANT THAT IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE
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CRACK
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A POTENT, CHEAP, SMOKABLE FORM OF COCAINE
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CONDITIONED PLACE-PREFERENCE PARADIGM
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A TEST THAT ASSESSES A LAB ANIMAL'S PREFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH IT HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED DRUG EFFECTS
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DRUG METABOLISM
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THE CONVERSION OF A DRUG FORM ITS ACTIVE FORM TO A NONACTIVE FORM
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DELIRIUM TREMENS
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THE PHASE OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME CHARACTERIZED BY HALLUCINATIONS, DELUSIONS, AGITATION, CONFUSION, HYPERTHERMIA, AND TACHYCARDIA
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DISULFIRAM
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A DRUG THAT BLOCKS THE NORMAL METABOLISM OF ALCOHOL AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM
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DOPAMINE TRANSPORTERS
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MOLECULES IN THE PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE OF DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS THAT ATTRACT DOPAMINE MOLECULES IN THE SYNAPTIC CLEFT AND DEPOSIT THEM BACK INSIDE THE NEURON
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CODEINE
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A RELATIVELY WEAK PSYCHOACTIVE INGREDIENT OF OPIUM
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DETOXIFIED ADDICTS
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ADDICTS WHO HAVE NONE OF THE DRUG TO WHICH THEY ARE ADDICTED IN THEIR BODY AND WHO ARE NO LONGER EXPERIENCING WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
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DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION PARADIGM
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A TEST OF THE ADDICTIVE POTENTIAL OF DRUGS IN WHICH LAB ANIMALS CAN INJECT DRUGS INTO THEMSELVES BY PRESSING A LEVER
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EXTEROCEPTIVE STIMULI
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STIMULI THAT ARISSE FROM OUTSIDE THE BODY
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FUNCTIONAL TOLERANCE
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TOLERANCE RESULTING FROM A REDUCTION IN THE REACTIVITY OF THE NS TO A DRUG
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HEDONIC VALUE
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THE AMOUNT OF PLEASURE PRODUCED BY AN ACTION
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HEROIN
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A POWERFUL SEMISYNTHETIC OPIATE
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HARRISON NARCOTICS ACT
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THE ACT THAT MADE IT ILLEGAL TO SELL OR UE OPIUM, MORPHINE, OR COCAINE IN US (1914)
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HASHISH
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DARK CORKLIKE MATERIAL EXTRACTED FROM THE RESIN ON THE LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF CANNABIS SATIVA
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INTEROCEPTIVE STIMULI
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STIMULI THAT ARISE FORM INSIDE THE BODY
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INCENTIVE-SENSIZITATION THEORY
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THEORY THAT ADDICTIONS DEVELOP WHEN DRUG USE SENSITIZES THE NEURAL CIRCUITS MEDIATING WANTIN OF THE DRUG - NOT NECESSARILY LIKING OF THE DRUG
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INTRACRANIAL SELF-STIMULATION
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THE REPEATED PERFORMANCE OF A RESPONSE THAT DELIVERS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO CERTAIN SITE IN THE ANIMALS BRAIN
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METABOLIC TOLERANCE
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TOLERANCE THAT RESULTS FROM A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT A DRUG GETTING TO ITS SITES OF ACTION
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NARCOTIC
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LEGAL CATEGORY OF DRUGS, MOSTLY OPIATES
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MORPHINE
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THE MAJOR PSYCHOACTIVE INGREDIENT IN OPIUM
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MESOTELENCEPHALIC DOPAMINE SYSTEM
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THE ASCENDING PROJECTIONS OF DOPAMINE-RELEASING NEURONS FROM THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA AND VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA OF THE MESENCEPHALON INTO VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE TELENCEPHALON
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POSITIVE-INCENTIVE THEORIES OF ADDICTION
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THEORIES HOLDING THAT THE PRIMARY FACTOR IN MOST CASES OF ADDICTION IS A CRAVING FOR THE PLEASURE-PRODUCING PROPERTIES OF THE DRUG
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POSITIVE-INCENTIVE VALUE
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THE ANTICIPATED PLEASURE ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR ACTION
SUCH AS TAKING A DRUG |
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DRUG PRIMING
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A SINGLE EXPOSURE TO A FORMERLY USED DRUG
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PRIMED
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INDUCED TO RESUME SELF-STIMULATION BY THE DELIVERY OF A FEW FREE STIMULATIONS
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SMOKER'S SYNDROME
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CHEST PAIN, LABORED BREATHING, WHEEZING, COUGHING, AND HEIGHTENED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATOR TRACT COMMONLY OBSERVED IN TOBACCO SMOKERS
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OPIUM
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SAP THAT EXUDES FORMT HE SEED PODS OF THE OPIUM POPPY
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VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA
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MIDBRAIN NUCLEUS OF THE MESOTELENCEPHALIC DOPAMINE SYSTEM THAT IS MAJOR SOURCE OF THE MESOSCORTICOLIMBIC PATHWAY
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NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS
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NUCLEUS OF THE VENTRAL STRIATUM AND A MAJOR TERMINAL OF THE MESOCORTICOLIMBIC DOPAMINE PATHWAY
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