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What are three classes of neurotransmitters?

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Amino acids, amines, peptides

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What are the different types of neurotransmitters?

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  • Only one neurotransmitter (Dale’s principle)
  • Co-transmitters: two or more transmitters released from one nerve terminal
  • Nomenclature (-ergic): cholinergic, noradrenergic, GABAergic, etc.
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How are different particular transmitter systems defined?

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By molecule, synthetic machinery, packaging, reuptake/degradation, and action

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What are the 3 study criteria for establishing a neurotransmitter?

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1) Synthesis and storage in presynaptic neuron
2) Released by presynaptic axon terminal
3) When applied, mimics postsynaptic cell response produced by release of neurotransmitter from the presynaptic neuron

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What are 3 ways we study neurotransmitter systems?

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1) Localizing transmitters and transmitter-synthesizing enzymes
2) In situ hybridization: localize synthesis of protein or peptide to a cell to detect mRNA
3) Immunocytochemistry: localize molecules to cells

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What is the qualifying condition for studying synaptic mimicry?

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Molecules evokes same response as neurotransmitters

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What is microiontophoresis?

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technique in which drugs can be ejected in very small amounts to assess postsynaptic actions

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What are microelectrodes?

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measures effects on membrane potential

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What receptors are used in molecular analysis?

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1) Transmitter-gated ion channels (ionotropic receptors)
- GABA (a) receptors
- 4-5 subunits, each made with various combos of subunit polypeptides
2) G-protein-coupled receptors (metabotropic receptors)
- GABA (b) receptors
- 7-transmembrane signaling molecules

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What was the first identified neurotransmitter? Where is it typically found?

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ACh (Acetylcholine) - vertebrate neuromuscular junctions

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What happens in Cholinergic Neurons?

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ACh synthesis and degradation

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What enzyme is needed for ACh synthesis?

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ChAT enzyme (Choline acetyltransferase)

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What enzyme mediates ACh degradation?

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acetylcholinesterase (AChE)

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What are catecholaminergic neurons involved in?

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movement, mood, attention, and visceral function

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What is the precursor for dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine?

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Tyrosine! They all contain catechol group

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What enzymes are involved in making catecholamines?

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Tyrosine hydroxylase, Dopa decarboxylase, Dopamine Beta-hydroxylase, phentolamine N-methyltransferase

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What are serotonergic neurons derived from?

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Tryptophan

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What do serotonergic neurons regulate?

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mood, emotional behavior, sleep

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What can people take to help with serotonergic neurons?

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SSRIs - Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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How is serotonin made?

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2 steps from tryptophan with tryptophan hydroxylase and 5-HTP decarboxylase

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What are examples of amine acidergic neurons?

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Glutamate - major excitatory CNS neurotransmitter
CABA - major inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter
Glycine

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What is glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)?

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Key enzyme in GABA synthesis & good marker for GABAergic neurons

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Why are GABAergic neurons important?

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major source of synaptic inhibition in the CNS

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What transporters are needed to load GABA and Glutamate into synaptic vesicles?

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Vesicular GABA transporter (vGAT) and Vesicular glutamate transporter (vGlut)

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What are examples of Ach receptors? What goes in and comes out in each?
Nicotinic receptor = + nicotine, - curare Muscarinic receptor = + muscarine, - atropine Both have + ACh in
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What are examples of glutamate receptors? What are their respective agonists?
AMPA receptor: AMPA NMDA receptor: NMDA Kainate receptor: Kainate
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What are the benefits of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels?
- Fast synaptic transmission - Can turn chemical signal into electrical signal - Ion selective
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What is the basic structure of transmitter-gated channels?
Tetramer: 4 protein subunits form a pore Pentamer: 5 protein subunits form a pore
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What are AMPA receptors permeable to?
Na+ and K+
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What are NMDA receptors permeable to?
Na+ and K+ and Ca++
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How does the voltage-dependent NMDA channels work?
- Require glutamate binding and membrane depolarization to open channel - Blocked by Mg++ ions at negative resting membrane potentials - Removal of Mg++ block happens when membrane depolarizes
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What does GABA-gated mediate?
Most synaptic inhibition in CNS
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What do glycine-gated channels mediate?
non-GABA synaptic inhibition
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What do amino acid-gated channels bind?
ethanol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates
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What are other neurotransmitter systems?
endocannabinoids, retrograde messengers - act on presynaptic g-protein coupled receptor cannabinoid receptors
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What are the basic structures of g-protein couples receptors (GPCRs)?
Single polypeptide with 7 membrane-spanning alpha-helices
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What are the 3 steps in transmission?
- Binding of the neurotransmitter to the receptor protein - Activation of G-proteins - Activation of Effector systems
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What are the inactive g-protein subunits?
alpha bound to GDP, beta, gamma
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When is GPCR active?
G-protein complex activated by receptor and exchanges GDP for GTP on G-alpha
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How does GPCR activate, inactivate, and start over?
Alpha dissociates from beta-gamma and GDP swaps with GTP G-alpha is inactivated by hydrolysis of GTP to GDP Alpha and beta-gamma recombine to start over
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What is the shortcut pathway for GPCR?
From receptor to G-protein to ion channel - super fast and localized
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What is the second messenger cascade pathway?
g protein couples with neurotransmitter with downstream enzyme activation
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How does push-pull signaling work?
- different g-proteins stimulate or inhibit adenylyl cyclase) - Gi : adenylyl cyclase inhibitory G-alpha protein - Gs: adenylyl cyclase stimulatory G-alpha protein
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Explain the IP3 and DAG signaling cascade.
1) G-protein activation of phospholipase C (PLC) 2) Lipase that hydrolzes phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphospahete (PIP2) to make DAG and IP3 - IP3 binding to IP3 receptors at the ER to release calcium stores - DAG helps activate protein kinase C 3) Activated different effectors
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What’s the benefit of GPCR signaling cascades?
Powerful signal amplification
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What is a common regulator mechanism of target proteins?
Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation - changes conformation and biological activity
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What is the difference between divergence and convergence?
Divergence: one transmitter activates more than one receptor subtype Convergence: different transmitters converge to affect the same effector system
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Which creates a greater postsynaptic response: divergence or convergence?
divergence

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