deck 3 Flashcards
What provides the building blocks for synthesizing neurotransmitters?
substances found in the diet
The main advantage of a neuron releasing more than one neurotransmitter is that…
it can send more complex messages
Neural stem cells are…
cells within the brain that have the potential to become any other cells of the nervous system, self-renewing, well accepted now but are not acknowledged before 1994
Neurotransmission is affected by…
The number of dendrites available to receive information AND The amount of neurotransmitter available to stimulate receptors on the dendrites
Transmission of information between neurons occurs in the same way as transmission along the axon which is…
chemical
Transporter proteins transport neurotransmitters…
back to the presynaptic neuron
What affect would be considered agonistic
stimulating the release of neurotransmitters
The key into a lock analogy best describes…
a drug’s affinity for a receptor
The primary difference between an EPSP and an action potential is that…
EPSP’s are subthreshold events that decay over time and space
Which neurotransmitter has been repeatedly connected with addictive drugs?
dopamine
