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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