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NewsLink: The Chemistry of Behavior
This assignment will help you make connections between the science of biopsychology and your daily life, and keep you apprised of the latest developments in the field. You will search BioPsychology NewsLink ( 3e.mindsmachine.com/news) for a media article related to the The Chemistry of Behavior chapter. You can search by keyword using the chapter's key terms in the list below, or click on the links by chapter. You can also enter one of the keywords on Google (news tab). Once you find a layperson article you're interested in, complete your journal entry by answering the six assignment questions.
Assignment
The journal is not a paper! Aim for one sentence per prompt. Work offline in a word processing program, but cut and paste your answers into the text box. Kindly do not attach a document.
1. What keyword did you search?
2. What is the article about?
3. How was the research conducted?
4. What results caught your eye?
5. What conclusions can you draw?
6. What is the link to your article?
Key Terms
acetylcholine (ACh)
agonist
amine neurotransmitter
amino acid neurotransmitter
amphetamine
analgesic
anandamide
antagonist
antidepressant
anxiolytic
autoreceptor
barbiturate
basal forebrain
benzodiazepine
binding affinity
bioavailable
biotransformation
blood-brain barrier
caffeine
cannabidiol (CBD)
cannabinoid receptors
cannabis
cholinergic
cocaine
co-localization
cross-tolerance
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
depressant
dopamine (DA)
dopaminergic
dose-response curve (DRC)
down-regulation
drug tolerance
dysphoria
efficacy
endocannabinoid
endogenous
endogenous opioid
excitatory synapse
exogenous
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
first-generation antipsychotics
functional tolerance
G protein-couplted receptor (GPCR)
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
gas neurotransmitter
glutamate
hallucinogen
heroin
inhibitory synapse
insula
ionotropic receptor
khat
lateral tegmental area
ligand
locus coeruleus
LSD
MDMA
metabolic tolerance
metabotropic receptor
monoamine oxidase (MAO)
morphine
neurotransmitter
neurotransmitter receptor
nicotine
noradrenergic
norepinephrine (NE)
nucleus accumbens
opioid peptide
opioid receptor
opium
partial agonist
peptide neurotransmitter
periaqueductal gray
pharmacokinetics
presynaptic
raphe nuclei
receptor subtype
retrograde transmitter
reuptake
second-generation antipsychotic
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
serotonergic
serotonin (5-HT)
stimulant
substantia nigra
synapse
transporter
tricyclic antidepressant
up-regulation
ventral tegmental area (VTA)
withdrawal symptom