What drugs teach us about... Science - 02 Take MDMA, for example"

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

Part 2:
By studying MDMA, we explore the relationship between our chemical biology and states that we associate with our personal identity. What does it mean to say "I am not a confident person" when confidence can be induced by molecular masturbation of receptors in the brain? or by words alone? By exploring how drugs have these effects, we learn a great deal more about ourselves.

Keysword to Enjoy and Reuse today:
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)

Useful Video about Nicotine as an Agonist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797WAV3kZhQ&feature=related

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Category:

Education

Tags:

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

[chloe4790]

This is awesome! Love how you connected the reason for taking a MDMA (to feel amazing!) and beliefs/words and how they too can easily effect our state of mind. It's all a state of mind.. I love MDMA but also love getting to that state of ecstasy without the comedown!! ; )

[glenTCT]

i just love mdma

[KLDhighway]

I like the idea that you compared Plato to a drug because he kine of is :)

[Klause5425]

3 comments... yet im the first?