Review for psychology exam in reference to drugs (tid bit)

Sedatives - (downers) slow activities of the body and reduce its responsiveness includes opiates - opium and its’ derivatives - morphine, heroine and codeine and the synthetic barbiturates and tranquilizers such as Secobarbital (Seconal). Dysfunctional hypothalamus does not seem likely as a factor in anorexia nervosa. The theory involving norepinephrine is most relevant to bi polar disorder and posits that a low level of norepinephrine leads to depression and a high level to mania. Low serotonin — depression