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| implicit memory | The memories acquired through unconscious learning processes, such as operant and classical conditioning. |
| | inhalants | Any drug administered by breathing in its vapors. Most inhalants are organic solvents such as glue and paint thinner, or anesthetic gases such as ether and nitrous oxide. |
| | inhibitory neurotransmitter | A neurotransmitter that acts to prevent a neuron from firing an action potential. |
| | inpatient treatment | Residential treatment for drug addiction in a hospital or clinic. |
| | interneuron | Any neuron that only sends its messages locally (within a millimeter or so). Many are inhibitory. |
| | intervention | The act of interrupting addiction and persuading the addict to enter treatment. |
| | intervention counselor | A person who conducts an intervention with an addict and the addict's family and close friends. |
| | intoxication | Being under the influence of, and responding to, the acute effects of a psychoactive drug. Intoxication typically includes feelings of pleasure, altered emotional responsiveness, altered perception, and impaired judgment and performance. |
| Special Thanks:
Addiction Studies Program - Wake Forest University School of Medicine
False Messengers: How Addictive Drugs Change the Brain by David Friedman, PhD, and Sue Rusche, Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1999. [www.addictionstudies.org]
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