Chemical messages that fire from one neuron to another
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| Acetylcholine(name 3 characteristics) | Stimulation of muscle tissue, learning + memory, muscles cannot contract if transmission blocked (Botox), too much can cause muscle contraction or convulsions. Too little can cause Alzheimer's disease. | |
| Epinephrine( name 3 characteristics) | Plays a central role in short term stress response (inc. heart rate, iniates adrenaline response), used as a stimulant in cardiac arrest patients, used as an antispasmodic in asthma patients. | |
| Norepinephrine(name 3 characteristics) | works w/ epinephrine, essential in retrieving some memories, helps regulates dreams, moods, stress reatction, and attentiveness. | |
| Serotonin(Function of SSRI's and MAOI's) | Controls appetite, sleep, memory, learning, temp. regulation, and mood. Too little- migraines, depression, anxiety, insomnia. SSRI's increase serotonin. MAOI's stop breakdown of serotonin prolonging effects. | |
| Dopamine(name 3 characteristics) | controls movement, emotional response, ability to experience pleasure and pain, too little causes parkinson's disease, too much can cause schizophrenia. | |
| Gaba | Inhibitory Action(relaxtion, anti-anxiety, anti-convulsive process) | |
| Drugs | Illegal and legal affect how our brain sends messages | |
| Agonist | One of two ways drugs affect our brains. These drugs bind to the dendrite and trigger the cell. It mimics the neurotransmitter. | |
| Antagonist | One of two ways drugs affect our brains. Binds to the dendrite but doesn't trigger the cell. Stops the neurotransmitter from entering the neuron-problems w/ availablity of neurotransmitter. |
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