Select one drug classification, stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates, or depressants. Describe how drugs in this category affect/alter a person’s conscious state. Provide examples of drugs that fall into the category that you selected.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

The effects of stimulants on a person’s conscious state

Introduction

Stimulants are drugs that increase dopamine levels in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps control many aspects of human behavior and cognition. When you take stimulants, your body releases more dopamine than normal, which can make you feel more awake or alert. Some of the main effects of stimulants on the human body include increased heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels; faster breathing rate; nausea; dizziness; dry mouth; sweating; headache; nervousness/anxiety/stress/tension (NATS); irritability or hostility (GIANTENTRESS).

Stimulants slow down the signal of the neurotransmitter GABA to the neurons in our brain.

Stimulants slow down the signal of the neurotransmitter GABA to the neurons in our brain. GABA is responsible for slowing down action potentials, so it acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. This means that stimulants decrease GABA levels and therefore increase excitability.

GABA is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter, meaning that when it’s released into your brain it has a tendency to inhibit or slow down neural activity (like when you’re sitting down and watching TV). When your body needs energy fast but doesn’t have enough oxygen available for aerobic metabolism (or if you’re going through high levels of stress), then we get an increase in glutamate activity and release of glutamate into synapses where they bind with receptors on nearby dendrites forming probably one of strongest bonds between two molecules ever seen in biology!

Everything we experience and how we do it is controlled by the way our brain cells communicate with each other.

The brain is a complex organ whose functions are controlled by the way neurons communicate with each other. Neurons are cells that have a cell body, or nucleus, which contains DNA and RNA. Their axons extend from their cell bodies to other neurons or muscles in the body (called receptors). Dendrites receive chemical signals from other nearby neurons and convert them into electrical signals that travel down their length before being transmitted at synapse where they can be detected by another neuron’s dendrites.[1]

The process of communication between these cells involves neurotransmitters that carry information across synapses between neurons.[2] These chemicals are released into synapses when they encounter an electric signal (initiating) or when an action potential reaches its threshold voltage level.[3] When this happens, calcium ions bind to proteins called receptors which then trigger an influx of sodium ions inside the membrane surrounding each neuron’s membrane depolarization phase causing an action potential at its axon terminal.[4]

The way the neurons communicate is by a chemical signal called a neurotransmitter.

The communication between neurons is by a chemical signal called a neurotransmitter. A neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger that the axon terminal of one neuron releases into the synapse space between two different cells, such as in your brain. The receptor on the dendrite or cell membrane of another neuron picks up this information and sends it back to your brain to tell you what’s happening in your body and how you feel about it.

Neurotransmitters can be divided into two groups: monoamines like dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine (adrenaline) and histamine; and polyamines such as spermine which are involved in cell growth or orotic acid which has been shown to increase blood flow

When an action potential reaches a synaptic knob, neural vesicles in the knob release neurotransmitter into the space between cells, called the synapse.

When an action potential reaches a synaptic knob, neural vesicles in the knob release neurotransmitter into the space between cells, called the synapse. The neurotransmitters then diffuse across this gap and bind to receptors on nearby dendrites or cell bodies. This binding causes changes in voltage across the membrane that lead to an influx of calcium ions into neurons and other cells (a process called excitation).

In turn, these events cause other neurons to fire impulses themselves—in other words, you get your brain working!

A neurotransmitter binds to a specific protein, making it change shape.

When a neurotransmitter binds to its receptor, it causes changes in the shape of the receptor and sends a signal to the cell body. This process is called “signalling.”

Stimulants increase dopamine levels by increasing its release from presynaptic neurons and by decreasing its reuptake into presynaptic neurons.

Stimulants increase dopamine levels by increasing its release from presynaptic neurons and by decreasing its reuptake into presynaptic neurons. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in reward-motivated behavior. It is released when you do something that gives you pleasure, such as eating food or drinking alcohol or taking drugs. When your body receives this chemical signal from your brain, it tells your mind there’s something enjoyable happening (like eating) so that he can focus on it more intensely later down the line through reinforcement learning techniques like Pavlovian conditioning (whereby repeated association of an environmental stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus creates conditioned responses).

Stimulants affect how effectively your brain’s neurons can fire

The brain is a mysterious organ. It’s responsible for all kinds of important functions like memory and learning, but it also has its own reward center that can get you high. In fact, dopamine is involved in so many parts of our lives—from eating food to having sex and even taking drugs—that it’s hard to imagine how we would function without it.

Dopamine helps control our thoughts and emotions by acting on neurons in the brain’s frontal lobe (the part that controls thinking). When we experience something rewarding or pleasurable such as food, sex or drugs (including caffeine), dopamine levels increase which leads to feelings of pleasure in response.

Conclusion

The effects of stimulants on a person’s conscious state are very different from each other and it is important to understand them. It is also important to know that stimulants have many side effects, including addiction, which can lead to mental health issues like anxiety or depression. It’s also important to note that some people may have an increased risk of developing mental health issues when using these substances such as ADHD kids with strong brains who take stimulants regularly.”