Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Parts of the brain affected by hallucinogens are:

Cerebral Cortex
functions:


  1. thinking

  2. planning

  3. desicion making perception.

Effects:



  • Altered thinking & sensory perceptions.

Cerebellum


Functions:



  1. balance

  2. coordination

  3. sense of time

  4. movement

Effects:



  • feeling that time is going faster than it actually is

  • altered sence of time

Brain stem


Controls:



  1. breathing

  2. heart rate

Effects:



  • depressed breathing

Hippocampus


Functions:



  1. learning

  2. memory

Effects:



  • learning & memory problems

Amyglada


Functions:



  1. controls emotions

  2. controls mood & energy

Effects:



  • Altered mood


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