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If cocaine blocks the reuptake of catecholamines it would be considered a?
sympathetic agonist
Prozac functions as an antidepressant because it?
blocks the reuptake of serotonin.
What is the description of cocaine?
Cocaine (benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant.[5] The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant. Specifically, it is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor and a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, which mediates functionality of such as an exogenous DAT ligand. Because of the way it affects the mesolimbic reward pathway, cocaine is addictive.
A drug that mimics the effects of a particular neurotransmitter or blocks its reuptake is called?
an antagonist
How does cocaine make you high?
Cocaine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor, causing a build-up of dopamine in the brain. That build-up is associated with the euphoric sensation often referred to as a "high."
Does cocaine effects the nervous system?
It is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. Norepineprhine is a stimulating neurotransmitter. It makes you feel up, energetic, and hyperactive. It also increases your heart rate and blood pressure. When norepinephrine is released from nerve cells in the synapse to send a signal on to the next nerve cell, there is a reuptake pump that removes the norepinephrine to cut the signal off. This keeps the pathway from firing to much or too long and preserves the norepinephrine for future use. Cocaine blocks the reuptake system and makes the stimulating stronger and last longer. However it that means that you also deplete your supply of norepinephrine and "crash". This makes you feel tired. So you keep wanting more cocaine to get back to that good (high) feeling, but because you have used up the norepinephrine you never quite reach it. That makes cocaine very addictive.
What are sertraline capsules for?
Sertriline (Zoloft) Selectively blocks reuptake of serotonin, enhancing serotonergic function. It is an antidepressant.
How does cocaine affect the transmission of nerve impulses?
Cocaine blocks the removal of Dopamine from the synaptic cleft, causing the existing Dopamine to bind again and again, overstimulating the cell. At first the cell just fritzes out- producing the high. But then, to counteract the extra stimulus, the body starts to remove Dopamine receptors. That's why it takes an ever increasing amount of cocaine (or meth or whatever stimulant you choose) to produce a similar high.
What ingredient in cocaine make you not feel hunger?
Pure Cocaine (benzoylmethylecgonine) does not contain any other ingredients. Cocaine asts as a Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor, Dopamine is an organic compound used to regulate hunger. Cocaine stimulates Dopamine transmitters in your brain, which,among other things, gives it appetite suppressing effects.
Is trazodone an opiate cocaine THC amphetamine?
It is neither of the above mentioned compound types. It is a serotonin agonist and reuptake inhibitor. It's also what is called a tri-cyclic antidepressant.
What does reuptake inhibitor mean?
to understand reuptake you have to understand the basic firing of neurotransmitters: a neurotransmitter is realeased from one neuron and floats accross the synapsde or gap to activate the receiving neurons receptor site. after the other neuron has received the information from the neurotransmitter it unbinds and floats back into its original neuron and goes back into the storage tanks or vessicles. reuptake inhibtors block this process thus leaving more of the particular neurotransmitter in the synapse. different neurotrasnmitters have different effects. an SSRI or seretonin reuptake inhibitor is used for depression. cocaine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor just like Ritalin this leaves more dopamine in the brain which causes awakefullness etc....
How cocaine effects your brain?
The neurotransmitter dopamine transmits brain signals by flowing from one neuron into the spaces between neurons and attaching to a receptor on another neuron. Normally, dopamine then is recycled back into the transmitting neuron by a transporter molecule on the surface of the neuron. But if cocaine is present, the drug attaches to the transporter and blocks the normal recycling of dopamine, causing an increase of dopamine levels in the spaces between neurons that leads to euphoria. Cocaine, however, attaches to the same transporter binding sites as dopamine. This means that, when cocaine is introduced, dopamine cannot bind to the dopamine transporter and is stranded in the synapses. Thus, cocaine's blocking action leads to an increase of dopamine levels in the synapses that, scientists believe, normally produce feelings of pleasure. Cocaine's action intensifies these feelings into euphoria, studies show. it makes you trip out you start seeing things it makes you loose weight according how does your body take it sometimes it just makes you get inflated (fat) it dialetes your eyes and on the come down you probly make all your body hurt your muscles
