NAME
Carter Bourgeois
DATE
Mouse Party Worksheet
Visit the web page for Mouse Party: learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/
Use the information in the activity to complete the table. For Sketch, make a drawing that summarizes the action of the drug.
Drug
Neurotransmitter(s)
What does the drug do?
Heroin
Inhibitory
Inhibit dopamine from being released.
Ecstasy
Serotonin
Removes serotonin molecules from the
Sketch
synaptic cleft after the job is done.
Ecstasy
Seratonin transporters
Serotonin
Neurotransmitters
Marijuana
Inhibitory
Inhibit dopamine from being released.
Seratonin receptors
Inhibitory
Neurotransmitter
Cannabinoid
receptor
Dopamine
Neurotransmitter
Dopamine
Receptor
THC
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Drug
Neurotransmitter(s)
Dopamine
Methamphetamine
What does the drug do?
Sketch
Responsible for removing dopamine
from the synaptic cleft.
Meth
Dopamine
Neurotransmitter
Dopamine
transport
Alcohol
GABA Inhibitory
Glutamate
Dopamine Receptor
Act to control neural activity along
many brain pathways.
Alcohol
GABA Inhibitory
Neurotransmitter
Acts as the brain's general purpose
GABA Receptor
excitatory neurotransmitter.
Cocaine
Dopamine
Responsible for removing dopamine
molecules from the synaptic cleft after
the job is done.
LSD
Serotonin
Dopamine
Neurotransmitter
Dopamine
Transport
Dopamine
Receptor
Cocaine
The serotonin neurotransmitter is
closely resembled by LSD and elicits its
Serotonin
Receptor type 1
effects by binding to serotonin
receptors.
LSD
Serotonin
Receptor Type 2
Excited
Inhibited
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