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Tranquilizers act on the brain by affecting the neurotransmitter known as GABA. Although different types of tranquilizers work in different ways, ultimately they all decrease brain activity by increasing GABA activity.
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Systems that work with the brain?
every system works with the brain, your brain is what sends the signals for the systems of the body to work.
What does our brain work together to create?
Mind
How do you work with the other organs in your system?
you don't have to the brain and heart do all the work
How do some brain receptors work?
they work by they take in nueral messages and send them then your brain precieves tem as a certain thing due to the type of receptors they r.
Do you lose brain cells if you sleep with your head under the blanket?
no cause the brain is at rest!! sleeping does not require effort that brain cells will work!
What educe the physical and psychological symptoms of anxiety by reducing brain activity?
tranquilizers
What group of therapeutic drugs used to treat psychological disorders are commonly referred to as tranquilizers?
Benzodiazepines are the group of therapeutic drugs commonly referred to as tranquilizers. They are often prescribed to help manage anxiety, insomnia, and seizure disorders. Benzodiazepines work by enhancing the action of the neurotransmitter GABA in the brain.
What is a drug known as tranquilizer?
Tranquilizing drugs slow normal brain function. For that reason, they are often referred to as depressants. These kinds of drugs work by affecting the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Neurotransmitters are brain chemicals that help brain cells communicate with one another by spreading nerve impulses from one nerve cell to another. The higher the level of GABA activity in the brain, the greater the calming effect produced. Tranquilizers are prescribed by doctors only and are usually dispensed as pills or capsules. Some types come in liquid or solution form.Because tranquilizers slow down normal brain activity and produce a calming or drowsy effect, they are among the most common drugs prescribed to patients suffering from insomnia. Insomniacs are patients who either have trouble falling asleep or cannot fall asleep at all. Tranquilizers are also prescribed to patients diagnosed with anxiety, a type of mental disorder that causes extreme restlessness, uncontrollable feelings of fear, excessive worrying, and panic attacks. According to Jim Parker in Tranx: Minor Tranquilizers, Major Problems, about 70 million prescriptions for tranquilizers are written each year in the United States. Tranquilizers are also among the most commonly abused medications. In 2005, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University released a 214-page report titled "Under the Counter: The Diversion and Abuse of Controlled Prescription Drugs in the U.S." That report indicates that in 2003 nearly 6 million Americans abused prescription tranquilizers and sedatives.
Is it illegal to use tranquilizers?
Tranquilizers can be legally used if prescribed by a doctor.
What is the plural of tranquillizer?
The plural of tranquilizer is tranquilizers. As in "the tranquilizers were not effective enough".
Do tranquilizers affect the intestines?
Tranquilizers affect the entire body because it affects the nervous system. The nervous system and the brain control the entire body. If you "dampen" the sensations of the nervous system you will slow things down. So the intenstines do slow down somewhat. People who tend to get constipation notice more problems with their intestines when they are on tranquilizers for a while. The drug does not do serious damage to the intestines as a norm.
What are the ingredients in tranquilizers?
Cocain
Who created tranquilizers?
cack heads
What short terms of tranquilizers?
Tranqs
Where does Tranquilizers come from?
Pharmaceutical factories
What is the street name for tranquilizers?
downers
Are tranquilizers psychologically addictive?
Tranquilizers are addictive both psychologically and physically. Some -- such as Valium -- even have potentially fatal withdrawal symptoms.
