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GI Web Glossary |
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| Tetrahydrocannabinol | (THC) The major active ingredient in marijuana. It is primarily responsible for producing the high and the rest of the drug's psychoactive effects. |
| | thalamus | A brain structure that lies between the brain stem and the cortex and acts as a relay to the cortex for almost all sensory inputs and other kinds of information. |
| | THC | (Tetrahydrocannabinol) The major active ingredient in marijuana. It is primarily responsible for producing the high and the rest of the drug's psychoactive effects. |
| | Theobromine | A mild stimulant found in tea and cocoa. It is a chemical cousin of caffeine. |
| | Theophylline | A chemical cousin of caffeine that is found in tea. |
| | therapeutic communities | Communities that provide long-term, residential treatment for drug addiction, offering detoxification, group therapy, and skill acquisition. |
| | titrate | Adjust the dose of a drug to a desired level. |
| | tolerance | A physiological change resulting from repeated drug use that requires the user to consume increasing amounts of the drug to get the same effect a smaller dose used to give. |
| | Tranquilizers | Depressant drugs that relieve anxiety. |
| | transdermal absorption | Absorption through the skin. |
| | transporter | A large molecule that straddles the cell membrane of the axon terminals of neurons. It removes neurotransmitter molecules from the synapse by ferrying them back into the axon terminal that released them. |
| | triggers | Formerly neutral stimuli that have attained the ability to elicit drug craving following repeated pairing with drug use; also called cues. |
| | Valium | A depressant drug of the benzodiazepine family that relieves anxiety. |
| | ventral tegmental area | (VTA) The group of dopamine-containing neurons that make up a key part of the brain reward system. The key targets of these neurons include the nucleus accumbens and the prefrontal cortex. |
| | vesicles | Tiny sacks within axon terminals that produce, release, and store neurotransmitters. |
| | visual cortex | A brain region in the back of the head that allows us to perceive the visual information gathered by our eyes. |
| | withdrawal | Physical symptoms in the body and brain that occur after cessation of drug use in a person who is physically dependent on that drug. |
| | Xanax | (aprazalom) A depressant drug of the benzodiazepine family that relieves anxiety. |
| 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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