6 Neurotransmitters

Question 1

Muscle movement, long term memory formation, impulsiveness/aggression, wakefulness, sexual behavior

Answer 1

Acetylcholine

Question 2

Pleasure and reward, muscle movement, euphoric feeling, attention

Answer 2

Dopamine (brain)

Question 3

Mood, regulation body temp, sleep, appetite, and pain

Answer 3

Serotonin

Question 4

Controls anxiety/mood, motor movement, vision

Answer 4

GABA

Question 5

Attentiveness, concentration, emotions, sleeping, dreaming and learning

Answer 5

Norepinephrine

Question 6

Learning, memory

Answer 6

Glutamate

Question 7

Excess of ACh

Answer 7

Severe shaking/ convulsions

Question 8

Deficiency of ACh

Answer 8

Alzheimer’s disease, paralysis, increased hunger

Question 9

Excess of dopamine

Answer 9

Schizophrenia

Question 10

Deficiency of dopamine

Answer 10

Parkinson’s disease

Question 11

Excess of serotonin

Answer 11

Tremors, headaches

Question 12

Deficiency of serotonin

Answer 12

Depression, insomnia, impulsiveness, OCD behavior, increased pain

Question 13

excess of GABA

Answer 13

Lethargy, sleep pattern interference

Question 14

Deficiency of GABA

Answer 14

Anxiety disorders, Huntingtons disease

Question 15

Excess of norepinephrine

Answer 15

Fear anxiety mania

Question 16

Deficiency of norepinephrine

Answer 16

Depression, ADHD

Question 17

Excess of glutamate

Answer 17

Excitotoxic (cell death/damage due to over stimulation)

Question 18

Deficiency of glutamate

Answer 18

Possibly memory problems, ALS, anxiety