Lecture 9-11 - CNS depressant Flashcards
What are organotropic drugs?
drugs that work on body organs
What are etiotropic drugs?
drugs that acts on parasites, microber, bacteria
tumor cells
What are the criterias for neurotransmitters?
- must be present in the nerve terminals
- must be relaesed on nerve stimulation
- exogenous application of the substance must mimic nerve stimulation
- it should be synthesized and stored in neurons
- it is inactivated or eliminated quickly
What are the main excitatory amino acids and their effect
glutamate and aspartate
effect: depolarization (increases transmission)
What are the main inhibitory amino acids and their effect?
Glycine and GABA
Effect: hyperpolarization (stabilization of post synaptic membrane)
What transmitter belongs to the choline esters and what is the function?
Acetylcholine
(hyper)- or depolarisation
What neurotransmitters belong to the monoamines?
noradrenaline
adrenaline
dopamine
serotonin
what is the effect of noradrenaline?
postsynaptic alpha and beta
mood
blood pressure
what is the effect of adrenaline?
locomotor activity
body temperature
what is the effect of dopamine?
behaviour, locomotor activity
What is the effect of serotoning?
prolactin secretion decreases
vomiting
sleep
body temperature
What neurotransmitters belongs to the group of neuopeptides?
encephalins
endorphines
substance-P
neurokinins
What is the effect of neuropeptides?
analgesia
respiratory and circulatory depression
euphoria
dysphoria
Where can acethylcholine be found?
widely distributed throughout the CNS
What receptors does Ach bind to and what is the consequence?
M1 receptors
closes: K+- Ca2+-, Cl–ion channels
What happens to the cells when Ach binds?
depending on the type it will either depolarize or hyperpolarize
How is Ach inactivated?
hydrolysis
Ach-esterase
Where can Norephinephrine be found?
uneven distributions of the CNS
What receptors is norephinephrine binding to?
Receptor alpha (a1-Gq -, A2Gi)
Beta (Gs)
What is the task of a2 receptors?
important in control of sleep and wakefulness, mood and emotional behaviour, temperature
What dopamine receptors do we have?
D1
D5 (Gs)
D2
D3
D4 (Gi)
Where can dopamin be found in largest concentrations?
basal ganglia and limbic system
What effect does dopamine excert?
inhibitory effect
fine control of movement
disturbances of behaviour
hypothalamic-pituitary functions
What effect is excerted by serotonin?
strong inhibitory effect
hyperpolarization by increasing K+ and Na+ conductance
What is the result of serotonin stimualtion?
inhibits pain pathways in the spinal cord
helps ccontrol of behaviroual mood
what is the proposed regulatory function of serotonin?
sleep and wakefulness
mood and emotion
temperature
appetite
neuroendrocrine control
what effect does serotonin have on other neurotransmitters?
inhibits the release
What histamine receptors do we have?
H1 (Gq)
H2 (Gs)
H3
H4 (Gi)
where can histamine mostly be found?
posterior hypothalamus
what actions are histamin involved with?
regulation of arousal
temperature
and
vascular dynamics
What is the effect of histamin on other neurotransmitters?
decreases
Ach
5-HT
NA release
Where can glutamate and aspartate be found?
uniquely high concentration in brain
Where is GABA found
widely distributed in the CNS
highest concentration in
- basal ganglia
- hippocampus
- cerebellum
- spinal cord
What GABA receptors do we have and what is the action?
GABA a and b
facilitate Cl- and K+ ion transport, respectively
What is the action of glycine?
inhibits transmission between spinal interneurons and motor neurons
action is restricted to the spinal cord
What are the major purposes of the applications of drugs acting on CNS?
- Prevention of seizures
- increase well-being
- alteration of behaviour
- improvement of animal-human interaction
- induction sleep
- induction anaesthesia
- induction arousal
What are analeptics?
CNS stimulants
convulsants and respiratory stimulants
How do we classify CNS stimulants based on their site of action?
cortical
medullar
spinal
give some examples of drugs acting cortical
xanthines - coffein
cocain
amphetamines
psychotomimetics - LSD
give some exmaples of drugs that act medullar
xanthines- coffein
pentetrazol
doxapram
picrotoxin
give example of a drug that acts spinal
strychine
- toxic substance, motory, sensory activity stimulator
Doxapram is an example of a…?
respiratory stimulant
- short acting
given IV to treat acute resp failure
strychnine is an example of…?
miscellaneous convulsant
it is the antagonis of glycine, increases reflex excitablity of SC
no clinical use
what is picrotoxin an example of?
miscellaneous convulsant
non competitive antagonist of GABA
clinical use as respiratory stimulant
Name some psychotomimetic drugs
LSD
MDMA
Mescaline
Psilocybin
Phencyclidine
amphetamine
cocaine
methylxanthines
What is the mode of action of LSD?
agonist at 5-HT receptors
what is the mode of action of MDMA?
releases 5-HT and blocks reuptake
What is an example of methylxanthines?
caffein
What are the four identifiable actions in vitro of caffein?
- adenosine receptor blockade
- phosphodiesterase inhibition
- action at Ca++ channels to increase entry of Ca++ into cells
- binding to GABA receptors at the benzodiazepine site
What is the task of phosphodiesterase?
responsible for the breakdown of cAMP
What is the primary action of caffein?
direct action of blocking adenosine receptors
What is the general effect of adenosine that caffein will block?
inhibit neural activity
so the caffein will increase neural activity
What will the caffeins antagonism of adenosine action on A2a receptor in the globus pallidus cause?
decreases release of GABA (inhibitory neurotransmitter)
What is the effect of benzodiazepine and what effect can caffein have on this?
benzodiazepines acts by enhancing the effect of GABA on GABAa receptors
caffein has an opposite effect by inhibiting GABA release