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Learning Objectives

After participating in this module, it is expected that students will be able to:

  • Describe the features of a compound that would enhance its ability to enter the brain
  • Explain the role of filtration and passive diffusion in the of transport alcohol in the body
  • Compare and contrast the structure and function of brain and non-brain capillaries
  • Identify the types of chemical bonds that mediate interactions between neurotransmitters and their receptor proteins
  • Recognize the primary subdivisions of the brain
  • Discuss the compartmentalization of functions in the brain
  • Discuss the difference between a “monomorphic and polymorphic gene”

After participating in this module, it is expected that students may be able to:

  • Describe the development of intoxication symptoms relative to the blood alcohol concentration
  • Describe how alcohol reduces neuronal firing to cause incoordination, sedation, etc.
  • Explain the molecular and cellular basis for development of tolerance to alcohol
  • Predict how polymorphisms in genes for alcohol metabolizing enzymes changes the way people become intoxicated with alcohol