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T/F Study guide:

1. The sensing organs for each sense send information to the brain to help us understand

our surroundings.

2. Stimulants activate the release of noradrenaline/norepinephrine, the neurotransmitter

responsible for activating the fight or flight response.

3. The brain tells the body what to do by sending electrical signals through the nerves.

4. While you sleep, the cortex reactivates repeatedly, and the hippocampus organizes the

memory into long-term memory.

5. Fear is a survival mechanism.

6. Naloxone Nasal Spray is an effective treatment used to avoid opioid overdose and

death.

7. Cutting back on the use of social media, spending time face-to-face with family and

friends, and participating in enjoyable activities are all strategies for reducing the risk of

teen depression.

8. All aggression is bad.

9. Endogenous opioids like endorphins and enkephalins are created naturally in the body.

10. A drug in the form of a pill means it is automatically safe.

11. The four main things a person can do to practice positive brain maintenance and

promote learning are sleep, exercise regularly, eat healthy foods, and manage stress.

12. Coughing, bronchitis, and shortness of breath are all acute lung effects of vaping or e-

cigarette use.

13. Withdrawal symptoms are opposite of what the person experiences when on the drug.

14. Generally speaking, anxiety is a normal reaction that everyone experiences from time to

time in response to different kinds of events and situations.

15. Different drugs have different effects because of their chemical structures.
16. There is not a neural basis for addiction.

17. As teenagers, the emotional side (limbic system) of your brain is not yet fully connected

to the front of your brain.

18. Nicotine has been proven to be less addictive than cocaine and heroin.

19. Dopamine reinforces the desire to use drugs.

20. Executive function is a term used to describe the complex functions carried out by the

pre-frontal cortex.

21. You can evoke spinal cord reflexes before you realize anything has happened, this

information does not have to get to the brain.

22. Memories are not stored in just one part of the brain.

23. Tetrahydrocannabinol – THC levels have remained the same for 50 years.

24. There is no accepted medical use for hallucinogen drugs; nobody is permitted to

possess or use them; they are all illegal.

25. Marijuana mimics the effect of endogenous cannabinoids in the human brain.

26. At the synapse, electrical impulses arriving from the axon are converted into chemical

signals.

27. Alcohol use is extremely harmful for teens because they are exposing the brain to

alcohol during a critical period of brain development.

28. Adolescents are more motivated by the promise of a reward than the threat of

punishment.

29. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is related to bipolar disorder.

30. Depression is more than sadness and can affect people’s eating and sleeping habits,

relationships, and their ability to concentrate.

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