What drugs teach us about... Science - 01 The Psychoactive stage

Comedy science series. How a love of drugs can act to build a love of science.

Lesson 1 - Molecules and Synapses
We explore what molecules are... which is mind blowingly insane in itself, and discover the synapse, the stage on which psychoactive drugs perform their most interesting effects. It is the chatter of molecules and synapses that conspire to produce your consciousness, your experience and your identity. By exploring how drugs affect those things, we learn a great deal more about ourselves.

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How Neurons Work Links:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cj4NX87Yk&feature=related

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Keywords to download into your brainy brain brain:

Neurotransmitters - Molecules which are released from neurons to carry a message to another cell

Receptors - Tiny bits on the outside of cells which recieve neurtransmitters.

Agonists - Molecules which bind to receptors and stimulate a response

Antagonists - Molecules which bind to receptors and block them up

Reuptake Transporter - A pump which recycles neurotransmitters back into neurons (transporting them accross the cell membrane)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• drugs
• how drugs work
• robert anton wilson
• axis mundi
• terrence mckenna

[MissMaddiem00]

wow. i'm doing this at school in chemistry and this is actually more accurate than the shitty video they showed us :D

[AxisMundiOnline]

@MissMaddiem00

haha, glad to be of service. Have you been to the KhanAcademy page? Great for chemistry. :)

[suckmyballs1]

Deepak Shopra is indeed a total and utter Jeb-End!! awsome video Gaz, really kept me interested. looking forward to the next installment =)

[AxisMundiOnline]

@suckmyballs1

Nice one duder! Glad you picked up on my Deepak slam. lol.

[TheBlubberFest]

Awesome! I'm using this for my chemistry homework because we have to find a video about neurotransmitters and drugs. Thanks for helping with my A! :)

[samiranademi]

brilliant! Thanks

[MissMaddiem00]

@AxisMundiOnline, haven't looked at this yet, but I've shown this to my chemistry teacher and she might show it to us next term :D it's quite strange to think that you lot from Hinckley are chemists :L