Intro To NT Flashcards
Low-molecular weight transmitters
Histamine Norepinephrine Epinephrine adenosine Substance P ATP Endorphine Serotonin Dopamine NO GABA Glycine ,aspartate
Histamine T Norepinephrine T Epinephrine T adenosine T Substance P F ATP T Endorphine F Serotonin T Dopamine T NO T GABA T Glycine ,aspartate T
Match their amino acid precursor
Histamine Norepinephrine Epinephrine Dopamine GABA Serotonin Nitric oxide
Histamine histidine Norepinephrine tyrosine Epinephrine tyrosine Dopamine tyrosine GABA glutamate Serotonin tryptophan Nitric oxide arginine
Mention 3 low molecular weigh amino acid neurotransmitters
Glycine, glutamate, aspartate
Match it to their location Glycine Glutamate Aspartate GABA Histamine Dopamine Serotonin Norepinephrine ATP NO Adenosine Ach HMW NTs
Glycine spinal cord Glutamate cns Aspartate cns GABA cns Histamine hypothalamus Dopamine cns Serotonin cns and ens Norepinephrine cns and SNS ATP ens and sympa nerves NO cns Adenosine cns and pns Ach cns and pns HMW NTs mostly cns
Which NT can be found in the urinary tract?
Nitric oxide
Can a vesicle contain more than 1 NT
Yes it can
What are varicosities and where are they common
Swellings along post ganglionic axons that can secrete NT.
Common in nerves that innervate muscles
New location stuff to cram
M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
Nerves Cardiac M2, smooth muscle ,nerves Glands, smooth muscle CNS CNS
Metabotropic glutamate receptor is ????? Aka????
ACPD
Quiscalate
Tachykins. Excitatory or inhibitory??
Excitatory
Orexin co-releases with——
Glutamate
——-USED TO TREAT GLAUCOMA
PILOCARPINE
XEROSTOMIA IS AN —- RECEPTOR AGONIST
M3
Schizophrenia is issue with ——- pathway
Mesolimbic
Main locations
NE- Ach- Serotonin- Dopamine- GABA-
Locus Coreolus
Nucleus Basalis of Meynert
Raphe nucleus or pineal gland
Substantia Nigra
Nucleus accumbens
