Cocaine is known to block the reuptake of dopamine, serotinin, and noradrenaline which are all key neurotransmitter systems involved in regulating emotion. However, it is via the effect on dopamine in the ventral tegmental area that is thought to be primarily responsible for mediating sensations of pleasure and self reinforcement.
Cocaine tends to be more neurotoxic and can lead to the death of more brain cells compared to weed. Chronic cocaine use can result in significant damage to the brain's structure and function. However, both substances can have negative effects on the brain when used excessively.
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Psychoactive substances are chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter brain function, leading to changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior. Examples include drugs like caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and illegal drugs such as LSD and cocaine.
the purpose of cocaine is to stimulate or accelarate your brain activity.
Trauma can impact brain function, leading to various changes in brain regions responsible for processing emotions and stress. It can disrupt neural pathways, alter brain chemistry, and impair cognitive function. This can result in symptoms such as heightened anxiety, memory problems, and difficulty regulating emotions.
Chemicals that retard behavior by affecting nerve impulses can include depressants like alcohol, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates, which slow down nerve impulses. Stimulants like amphetamines and cocaine can speed up nerve impulses. These substances can alter brain function and behavior by modulating neurotransmitters in the brain.
A hit of crack cocaine reaches the brain almost instantaneously -- in about 3 seconds or less.
Coca-Cola or cocaine? Both are stimulants, although cocaine is much more powerful than Coca-Cola. We can get weird effects by taking drugs which alter our normal brain chemistry. It's not a good idea, though, since in the case of cocaine it is both illegal and hazardous to your health. In the case of Coca-Cola, it can lead to obesity.
Cocaine?
to alter the way they are perceiving experience (to get high)
True. Cocaine causes the sudden release in the brain of a neurotransmitter called dopamine. Source. Prentice Hall
Cocaine enters the body by the person snorting, injecting, or in its synthesized form (crack-cocaine) smoking. the drug enters through the blood vessels in either the sinus tissue, lungs, or directly to the blood. It then is carried through the blood stream and around the body, makes a trip through the brain, and down to your liver, where it is processed and excreted through your urine. Cocaine takes no longer than a 0.7th of a second between entering the body and feeling the euphoric effects.