'Nicotine, the Central Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla'

'An Australian health Survey conducted in 2011-2012, concluded that 3.1 one million million Australians are smokers. (Australian way of Statistics, 2013). This means that 14% of Australias existence are currently smokers compared to to a greater extent than 40% in the 1980s a outstanding decrease with the heater browse chronic to decline each year. Now there are umpteen factors that can be considered for this drop much(prenominal) as the mug up in prices or maybe slight accessibility barely another spoiled factor is that its no eternal seen in the like way socially like it was acantha in the 1980s. With to a greater extent and more anti- dope products existence created it decreases the amount of smokers and Im freeing to go into more depth some that later on in the presentation.\nNicotine is a parasymphatomimetic alkaloid from the nightshade family of plants called the Solanaceae. A parasympathomimetic drug is a drug or poison that acts by stimulating or mimicki ng the parasympathetic vile system. (Dorlands Medical Dictionary, 2013) Nicotine is in like manner a nicotinic agonist. A nicotinic agonist is a drug that mimics the consummation of acetylcholine at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (NCRs) (Henningfield, 2006). Nicotine is administered orally. The personify reacts as curtly as Nicotine enters the dust. Nicotine affects devil different areas of the dust: the suprarenal gland gland bulb and the central aflutter system.\nThe adrenal medulla is part of the adrenal gland frame in the kidney. It has an continue on the luggage compartments energy, intent rate and metamorphosis as it secretes endocrine glands, such(prenominal) as epinephrine and dopamine. The kidney absorbs the Nicotine through the bloodstream which then enters the adrenal medulla. The Nicotine then binds with the nicotinic receptors which causes adrenaline to be released into the body; this causes common symptoms of smoking such as an increase in heart r ate and blood pressure.\ndopamine is a hormone which is influenced by Nicotine in the body. Dopamine is think to our addiction,... '