Addiction in 3D
Follow an opioid from the whole body down to single molecules, see how it releases the brain’s brakes, then feel the result behind the wheel of the Brake Game. Every term comes at three levels: everyday words, biology words and full names.
The Molecular Game of Addiction
A full active-learning session: a 3D synapse, a real opioid receptor structure, a body explorer that zooms from organs to molecules, and a team design challenge.
Open the session → 2The Dopamine Pathway
One dopamine pathway in a real 3D brain, and six ways addictive drugs and behaviors break into it: nicotine, opioids, gambling, cocaine and methamphetamine, side by side, with a quiz.
Open the pathway → 3Opioids in 3D
A guided lesson in seven short chapters: from the whole body to the reward circuit, the brake cell, the μ-opioid receptor, tolerance, withdrawal, overdose and treatment.
Open the lesson →Opioids: Cells and Molecules
Meet dopamine, watch five kinds of brain cells and three kinds of molecules react to an opioid, then drive the Brake Game: an opioid pushes the car forward and weakens the brakes.