solved This week’s chapter is heavy-duty neuroscience. But it’s important to
This week’s chapter is heavy-duty neuroscience. But it’s important to understand it in order to understand how the drugs work. Psychoactive drugs, herbal or pharmaceutical, create their effects by altering the way neurons work, especially at the synapse.Some possible topics for Assignment (Pick ONE)::1. What does it say about consciousness if a chemical (herbal or pharmaceutical) is able to alter it?2. If you wanted to calm down activity in the brain, which neurotransmitter would you increase or decrease, and why? (There are many possible correct answers to this. I’m not concerned with how factually correct your answer is, but instead with you reasoning process as to why altering a given neurotransmitter would calm brain activity.)3. If neural communication is both chemical and electrical, and we use drugs to alter the process chemically, in what ways do we alter the process electrically? Are there any treatments for mental illness in existence that use electricity or magnets?4. Or pose a question/topic of your own. Pick ONE to write about (2 paragraphs)……Pick ONE of the following and explain your answer with ideas from the chapter:1. From a pharmacology perspective, explain how did Michael Jackson or Heath Ledger died.2. If a person has insomnia, when is the latest in the day they could consume caffeine without it affecting night time sleep. (i.e. half-life)3. Why can cannabis be detected in urine for up to 30 days later, while amphetamines, cocaine, and opiates can only be detected for less than a week?http://www.homehealthtesting.com/drug_test_detection_times.php Pick ONE to write about (2 paragraphs)