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Sherrington

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  • proposed concept of synapse
  • Believed communication is too fast for chemicals
  • Favors electrical communication
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Loewi’s experiment

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  • With CN-X; vagus nerve;parasympathetic nervous system
  • Heart #1 in solution connected to an electrical stimulator
  • Heart#2 placed in solution that Heart #1 bathed in but without electrical stimulation
  • It must be chemical
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Neurotransmitter in Loewi’s experiment

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Acetylcholine

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Presynaptic cell

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The sender

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Length of synaptic cleft

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10 micrometers

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Postsynaptic cell

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The receiver

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The four broad chemicals involved in neurons communication

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Neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, peptides, hormones

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5 major categories of neurotransmitters

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Biogenic amines, Amino acids, pepetides (modulators), purines, gases

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Name 5 biogenic amines

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Acetylcholine, serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine

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Name 2 amino acid neurotransmitters

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GABA and glutamate

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5 events in chemical transmission

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  1. Synthesis
  2. Transport to axon terminal
  3. Release
  4. Receptor binding
  5. Inactivation
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What are neurotransmitters made from?

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From compounds obtained in diet and enzymes present in cell

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Do all neurons have all the enzymes needed to synthesize all neurotransmitters?

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Only neurons that release a specific neurotransmitter will have necessary enzymes to synthesize that neurotransmitter

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2 reactants in acetylcholine synthesis

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Acetyl co-enzyme A and choline

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Where do you get acetyl co-enzyme A?

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It is made in the mitochondria

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Where do you get choline?

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From diet

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Name of enzyme that facilitates production of acetylcholine

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CAT; choline acetyltransferase

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Order of synthesis of dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine

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dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine

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Where are neurotransmitters released from?

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The presynaptic terminal region

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What facilitates transport of neurotransmitters or other compounds such as choline?

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Microtubules

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What are opened when action potential arrives at axon terminal?

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Voltage gated calcium channels are opened

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What enters cell when action potential reaches axon terminal?

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Ca++

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What does the inlfux of Ca++ cause at the axoxn terminal?

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Vesicle membrane to fuse with cell membrane and exocytosis

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What happens to neurotransmitters once they are released by exocytosis?

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They diffuse (passive process) and then attach to receptors (binding).

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Receptors are specific to

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Ligands

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There is a ____ between action potential and neurotransmitter binding

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delay of 10 microseconds

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How many receptors does each neurotransmitter can bind to?

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Several

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2 receptor sub types for acetylcholine

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Muscarinic and nicotinic

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5 dopamine receptor subtypes

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D1-D5

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4 serotonin receptor subtypes

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5-HT(1-4)

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The message conveyed to the postsynaptic cell depends on the ____

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receptor sub-type that is activated

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Ionotropic effect

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NT binding causes immediate opening of an ion channel

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Ionotropic channels are

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chemically-gated ion channels

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Duration of ionotoppic effect

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Very fast and short

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Excitatory NT in ionotropic effect

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Glutamate

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Channel involved in iontropic effect

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Ionophore

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Inhibitory NT in ionotropic effect

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GABA

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What happens when glutamate binds to its receptor?

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It opens up sodium channels to allow sodium influx which produces EPSP in postsynaptic cell

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What happens when GABA binds to its receptor?

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It opens up Cl- channels allowing for Cl- inlfux which produces IPSP

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Metabotropic effect

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  • NT binding activates a second messenger system

- Slower action; longer duration

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6 steps in second messenger systems

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  1. NT (1st messenger) binds to receptor
  2. Change in configuration of receptor proteins
  3. Release G-protein
  4. Activates adenylyl cyclase
  5. produces 2nd messenger or cAMP
  6. 2nd messenger activates other proteins that open/close ion channels, alter production of proteins, activates genes
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Two mechanisms for inactivation

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Enzymatic breakdown and re-uptake

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MAO or monoamine oxidase

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Breaks down monoamines such as serotonin and the catecholamines

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This enzyme breaks down ACh into choline and acetate

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AChE or acetylcholinesterase

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This enzyme is involved in acetylcholine metabolism

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AChE; acetylcholinesterase

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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors or MAOIs

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Antidepressants

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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

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  • Treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
  • Pesticides
  • Chemical warfare
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Re-uptake

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  • Neuron recyles NT

- Repackaged into vesicles (endocytosis) - re-uptake transporter

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Psychopharmacology

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All drugs that affect behavior do so by altering neural communication

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Endogenous CHEMICALS

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  • naturally found in body

- NT, neuromodulators, enzymes, hormones

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Exogenous DRUGS

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Introduced from the outside

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5 effects of drugs

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  1. Change synthesis of NT
  2. Prevent packaging in vesicles
  3. Increase or decrease NT release
  4. Affect inactivation of a NT
  5. Directly affect NT receptors (agonist or antagonist)
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Agonist

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Any drug that increases NT effect

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Direct agonist

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Attaches to same receptor as NT (has same action as NT)

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Indirect agonist

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Increase NT activity by other means (increase synthesis, increase release, prevent degradation of NT)

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Antagonist

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Any drug that decreases NT effect

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Direct antagonist

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Attaches to and blocks NT receptor

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Indirect antagonist

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Decreases NT effects in another way (decrease synthesis, prevent release, increase rate of degradation)

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Agonists and antagonists can both be treatments to

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Psychological disorders/ disorder of movement

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Agonists for GABA are

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anti-anxiety drugs

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Agonists for Serotonin are

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anti-depressant drugs

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Antagonists for dopamine are

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Anti-psychotic drugs

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Substance Abuse

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A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress

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Olds & Milner experiment

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Reinforcement from electircal stimulation…same behabior when administered heroin or cocaine

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Reward pathway

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Dopamine cell bodies in ventral tegmental area (VTA)

  • Release DA in nucleus accumbens
    • DA Inhibitory
    • N. accumbens decreases activity = reward/pleasure
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Addictions release

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Dopamine in nucleus accumbens

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Addictive potential

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  • Reinforcement/reward

- Reward: an individual will work to get it

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Stimulant drugs

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  • Increase activity, arousal, alertness, elevate mood, decrease fatigue
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Stimulants cause release of

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Dopamine and norepinephrine

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Stimulants ____ transporter (re-uptake mechanims)

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reverse or block

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Reward

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More dopamine

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Arousal and alertness

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More norepinephrine

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What type of drug is MDMA or ecstasy?

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It is a stimulant

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How does MDMA work?

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It stimulates DA release and revereses DA transporter. It also reverses 5-HT transporter and stiumlates 5-HT release.

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MDMA Hallucinogenic effects may be due to

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increased 5-HT release

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At high doses, MDMA or ecstasy can

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destroy serotonin cells

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MDMA or ecstasy also release

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oxytocin

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Oxytocin is involved in

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love, attachment, and bonding

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Stimulants increase DA activity in ______ and where

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In nucleus accumbens and where DA is released from cell bodies in VTA

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How are narcotic analgesics produced?

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Derived from opium poppy and synthesized to resemble natural derivatives

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States associated with opiates

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Pleasant states, withdrawal reality, anlgesia (decreased pain)

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What type of drug is heroin?

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Opiate

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How does heroin work?

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It crosses blood brain barrier more readily and gives a faster “high”. Converted into morphines in the brain

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Opiate drugs act on

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opiate receptors

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Endogenous opiates

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endorphins/enkephalins

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Endorphins

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endogenous morphine

- pain relief and euphoria

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3 types of opiate receptors

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u-mu, k-kappa, delta

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Opiate receptor agonists

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Bind to receptor, act like endogenous chemical

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Opiates’s effect on reward system

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They increase DA release in nucleus accumbens by activating cell bodies in the VTA

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Where are opiate receptors?

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They are on axon terminal of a GABA neuron

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Opiate drugs inhibit an

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inhibitor; presynaptic inhibition

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2 subtypes of hallucinogenic drugs

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Psychedlics and dissociative anesthetics

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States associated with hallucinogens

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  • Reality distortion
  • Hallucinations
  • Disordered thought
  • Loss of emotional response
  • Memory loss
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LSD

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A psychedelic

  • similar to 5-HT
  • Hallucinogneic mechanisms unknown
  • appears to have no effect on dopamine release
  • most potent need 100 micrograms
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Synesthesia

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Mixing of sense

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Dissociative anesthetics

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  • used in anesthetic cocktail

- produce feelings of detachment (dissociation) from environment

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3 examples of dissociative anesthetics

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PCP, Ketamine, Destromethorphan or Robitussin

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