The Molecule of More

Memoirs of an addicted brain - Marc Lewis

Alcohol- GABA and glutamate

Cough syrup - limbic systems (glutamate)

Weed- cannabinioids

PCP- NMDA antagonist

Excitatory (glutamate) neurons and inhibitory neurons(GABA)- alcohol enhances GABA and quenches glutamate

Limbic system- hypothalamus and amygdala stores the memory and anticipation and keeps telling th... See more

Dopamine plays a lot of roles in the brain. If you kill off the cells that produce dopamine, the animal is not motivated to go out and do things. It’ll still enjoy something — like the sucrose solution you squeeze directly into its mouth — because the pleasure systems are fine. But they won’t pursue it. If you perform an action and you get more dop... See more