'Nicotine, the Central Nervous System and Adrenal Medulla'

'An Australian Health take after conducted in 2011-2012, cogitate that 3.1 million Australians ar smokers. (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This marrow that 14% of Australias population argon currently smokers comp bed to much than 40% in the 1980s a dramatic falling off with the smoking come out continuing to redress each year. straight there are many doers that tramp be considered for this leave out much(prenominal) as the rise in prices or maybe less handiness but other big factor is that its no longer seen in the same substance socially exchangeable it was back in the 1980s. With to a greater extent and more anti-smoking products being created it decreases the measurement of smokers and Im going to go into more sense about that by and by on in the presentation.\nNicotine is a parasymphatomimetic alkaloid from the nightshade family of plants called the Solanaceae. A Parasympathomimetic do doses is a drug or acerbate that acts by elating or mimicki ng the parasympathetic nervous system. (Dorlands health check Dictionary, 2013) Nicotine is also a nicotinic protagonist. A nicotinic agonist is a drug that mimics the action of acetylcholine at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (NCRs) (Henningfield, 2006). Nicotine is administered orally. The body reacts as soon as Nicotine enters the body. Nicotine affects two antithetic areas of the body: the suprarenal secreter medulla and the primaeval nervous system.\nThe adrenal medulla is factor of the adrenal gland found in the kidney. It has an impact on the bodys energy, kernel count and metabolism as it secretes hormones, such as adrenaline and dopamine. The kidney absorbs the Nicotine by dint of the snagstream which because enters the adrenal medulla. The Nicotine because binds with the nicotinic receptors which causes adrenaline to be released into the body; this causes customary symptoms of smoking such as an enlarge in heart rate and blood pressure. \ndopamine is a hor mone which is influenced by Nicotine in the body. Dopamine is related to our addiction,...'