chapter 1

Question 1

After Action Potential

Answer 1

Neurotransmitter released then re-uptake, enzyme destruction, binding to autoreceptors

Question 2

SSRIs

Answer 2

Neurotransmitters are blown up by enzyme destruction

Question 3

MAOI

Answer 3

all neurotranmitters are made up of a simple protein called (monalamy - simple protein)

Question 4

Venom

Answer 4

interrupts job of neurotransmitters (acetocholine controls movement and if stopped you are paralyzed)

Question 5

Glutamate

Answer 5

primary excilatory (makes neurons fire more), too much causes seizures (random neurons firing for no reason)

Question 6

GABA

Answer 6

primary inhibitory - stops seizures (#1 transmitter to tell other neurons to slow da fk down)

Question 7

Benzohioaphine

Answer 7

increases the effectiveness of GABA (alcohol is example)

Question 8

Acetycholine

Answer 8

important to cause movement, for memory, implicated in Alzheimer’s (part of our memory system uses acetycholine and breakdown of memory system leads to Alzheimer’s)

Question 9

Nor-epinephrine

Answer 9

wakefulness, precursor to epinephrine and adrenaline

Question 10

Serotonin

Answer 10

hunger, sleep, arousal, aggression (makes you feel content and when this and nor-epinephrine are low causes mood disorders)

Question 11

SSNRIs

Answer 11

drugs that work on serotonin

Question 12

Dopamine

Answer 12

motivation, pleasure, arousal (attention), motor control and implicated in Parkinson’s (cocaine and ampheteimene makes you feel good for activity you are doing)

Question 13

Endorphine

Answer 13

make you feel less pain, gives you “runner’s high” (drug is so powerful that it kicks out heroin and used in heroin overdose)

Question 14

Agonists

Answer 14

release mimic, block re-uptake (THC similar to molecule in our brain, nicotine mimics acetycholine-2 different types)

Question 15

Antagonist

Answer 15

block action of neurotranmitters like “jamming the lock” (neurotransmitter is key)

Question 16

L-DOPA

Answer 16

leads to more synthesis and release of Dopamine, very effective to treat the early stages of Parkinson’s

Question 17

Prozac

Answer 17

blocks the re-uptake of serotonin (takes about two weeks to work)

Question 18

Amphetamine

Answer 18

releases Dopamine and block re-uptake (aderol/methamphetamine)

Question 19

LSD

Answer 19

interacts with serotonergic system and leads to very low levels of serotonin (not toxic but maybe dangerous because you don’t know your environment) (basically hallucinogen) (kinda unsure how LSD works)