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What are one to one synapses used for?

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To convey information

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What are one to many synapses used for?

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To amplify a signal

-motor neurons in spinal cord

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What are many to one synapses used for?

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REALLY COMMON

-allows for integration of many signals and decides the proper response

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4
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What effect to excitatory post synaptic potentials have on the cell? What NT do this?

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  • depolarize the cell
  • opening of sodium channels
  • glutamate and acetylcholine
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What effect to inhibitory post-synaptic potentials have on the cell?

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Hyperpolarize the cell

  • opening of chloride channels
  • gaba and glycine
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What is temporal summation?

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Time in between impulses

-can be from one or more pre-synaptic cells

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What happens when impulses overlap?

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The membrane does not completely re polarize in between impulses
-effects are additive

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What is spatial summation?

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Multiple inputs at the same time

  • multiple pre-synaptic cells provide input at the same time to the same post-synaptic
  • impulses add together
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9
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What is short term depression?

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Repeated stimulation can expend the stored NT and you will run out and the signal will stop

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10
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How do NT differ from hormones?

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NT are just dumped on the cell and hormones travel by blood to reach their target organ

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What must a neurotransmitter be?

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  • synthesized in a presynaptic cell
  • released from pre-synaptic upon stimulation
  • elicit a response similar to the normal response
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Where is acetylcholine stored?

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In vesicles

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13
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When is acetylcholine released?

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In response to increased calcium influx into nerve terminal

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14
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How is acetylcholine broken down?

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By acetylcholine esterase

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15
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What are biogenic amines derived from?

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Derived from amino acids

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What are the two things that break down biogenic amines

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  • monoamine oxidase

- catechol-o-methyltransferase

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17
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What are examples of biogenic amine

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  • tryptophan (serotonin and melatonin)

- histidine (histamine)

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18
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What are some examples of amino acids that act as neurotransmitters?

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GABA, glutamate and glycine

19
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What are gaseous transmitters?

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Cell permeant gasses that act on post synaptic cells (NO)

20
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What are neuromodulators?

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Act on presynaptc cell to affect amount of NT release

-can also be co-secreted with NT to modulate post synaptic response

21
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What are neruohormones?

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Made by neurons and released into blood stream to have effects
-ADH

22
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What are purines?

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  • released along with NT to augment effect

- ATP and norepinephrine increases VSMC contraction

23
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What are ionotropic receptors?

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-receptor is an ion channel

24
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Nicotine receptors are primarily what kind of channels?

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Sodium channels

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GABA are usually what kind of channels?
Chloride channels
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Ionotropic receptors opening and closing depends on what?
Binding of a ligand
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What are metabotropic receptors?
Receptors coupled to an intracellular protein | -binding of ligand activates intracellular protein to generate second messenger molecules
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What do the second messengers do?
- can interact with and alter ionic ion channels | - can activate kinases to eventually alter transcription
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What are receptor tyrosine kinases?
- metabotropic receptors - growth factor signaling - starts kinase cascade to change transcription - INSULIN
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What are receptor tyrosine phosphatases?
- growth factor signaling | - dephosphorylates something
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What are the secondary messengers that G-protein coupled receptors generate?
cAMP or IP3
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Gs and Gi alter the activity of what secondary messenger?
CAMP
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What does Gs do?
Stimulates adenylate Cyclase which means increases cAMP
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What does Gi do?
Inhibits adenylate cyclase which decreases cAMP
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What is cAMP degraded by?
Phosphodiesterase
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What does Gq do?
-activates phospholipase C to make IP3 and DAG
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What does IP3 do?
Can open calcium channels on intracellular stores
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What does DAG do?
Can activate a kinase cascade through PKC
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Where are Beta 1s located?
Predominantly in the heart | -cAMP in heart contracts
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Where are Beta 2s located?
In smooth muscle | -cAMP in smooth muscle relaxes
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What do muscarinic receptors respond to?
Acetylcholine
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What do Beta adrenergic respond to?
Epi and norepinephrine
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What does guanalyl cyclase do?
Makes cGMP

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