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Ap Psych NeuroTransmitters Flashcards

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ACH

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  • Excitatory
  • Muscle movement
  • Under supply = Alzheimers disease
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  • Excitatory
  • Muscle movement
  • Under supply = Alzheimers disease
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ACH

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Dopamine

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-Inhibitory
-Pleasure, reward, and motivation
-Excess = Schizophrenia
Lack = Tremors in Parkinsons

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-Inhibitory
-Pleasure, reward, and motivation
-Excess = Schizophrenia
Lack = Tremors in Parkinsons

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Dopamine

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Serotonin

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-Inhibitory
-Affects mood, hunger, sleep,and arousal
-Undersupply is linked to depression
-Prozac and other antidepressants raise serotonin

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-Inhibitory
-Affects mood, hunger, sleep,and arousal
-Undersupply is linked to depression
-Prozac and other antidepressants raise serotonin

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Serotonin

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Norepinephrine

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-Excitatory
-Helps control alertness and arousal in the fight/flight response
-Has a role in learning and memory retrieval
-Adrenaline Burst of Energy (small amounts in brain)
-Undersupply can depress mood

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-Excitatory
-Helps control alertness and arousal in the fight/flight response
-Has a role in learning and memory retrieval
-Adrenaline Burst of Energy (small amounts in brain)
-Undersupply can depress mood

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Norepinephrine

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Glutamate

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-Excitatory
-Involved in memory, learning, and movement
-Oversupply can overstimulate the brain, producing migraines or seizures

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-Excitatory
-Involved in memory, learning, and movement
-Oversupply can overstimulate the brain, producing migraines or seizures

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Glutamate

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GABA

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-Inhibitory
-Offsets excitatory messages
-Helps regulate sleep-wake cycles
-Undersupply linked to anxiety, seizures, tremors, and insomnia
-slows down the brain

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-Inhibitory
-Offsets excitatory messages
-Helps regulate sleep-wake cycles
-Undersupply linked to anxiety, seizures, tremors, and insomnia
-slows down the brain

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Gaba

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Substance P

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-Excitatory
-Bodys perception of pain and send pain signals to the brain
-Takes info injury to the spinal cord then to the brain
-Too much = chronic pain, depression, and anxiety

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-Excitatory
-Bodys perception of pain and send pain signals to the brain
-Takes info injury to the spinal cord then to the brain
-Too much = chronic pain, depression, and anxiety

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Substance P

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Endorphins

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-Natural opiates that are released in response to pain and vigorous exercise

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-Natural opiates that are released in response to pain and vigorous exercise

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Endorphins

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Agonists

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-Speed up neural processes
-block the re-uptake process
-cause an over-release or absorption of a neurotransmitter

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-Speed up neural processes
-block the re-uptake process
-cause an over-release or absorption of a neurotransmitter

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Agonists

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Antagonist

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-Slow or stop the transmission of a neurotransmitter
-Bind themselves to receptors on the dendrite, not allowing a message to be passed on

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-Slow or stop the transmission of a neurotransmitter
-Bind themselves to receptors on the dendrite, not allowing a message to be passed on

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Antagonists

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3 types of neurons?

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-Sensory neurons
-inerneurons
-Motor neurons

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-Sensory neurons
-inerneurons
-Motor neurons

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The 3 types of Neurons

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Sensory Neurons

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Carry information from the body to the brain

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Carry information from the body to the brain

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Sensory Neurons

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Interneurons

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-Found In the spinal cord & brain
-interpret incoming information and determine the next course of action

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-Found In the spinal cord & brain
-interpret incoming information and determine the next course of action

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Interneurons

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Motor Neurons

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Carry information from the spinal cord or the brain to the rest of the body in order to initiate behavior

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Carry information from the spinal cord or the brain to the rest of the body in order to initiate behavior

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Motor Neurons

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Reflexes

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The exception to the general pathway of neural activity are reflexes

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The exception to the general pathway of neural activity are?

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Reflexes

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Process of a reflex

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Sensory - Spinal cord - Motor

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Sensory - Spinal cord - Motor

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Process of a reflex

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