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Lecture: Neurotransmitters Flashcards

1
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amino acid neurotransmitter(s)

A

Glutamate
Aspartate
Glycine
GABA

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2
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What are the two categories of monoamines?

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Catecholamines
Indolamines

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3
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Monoamine catecholamine neurotransmitter(s)

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Dopamine
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine

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4
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Monoamine Indolamine neurotransmitter(s)

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Serotonin

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5
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Soluble gas neurotransmitters

A

Nitric oxide
Carbon monoxide

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6
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Acetylcholine neurotransmitter(s)

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Acetylcholine

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7
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Which neurotransmitter is its own class?

A

Acetylcholine

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8
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Neuropeptide neurotransmitter(s)

A

Endorphins

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9
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Most common excitatory neurotransmitter in the bran

A

Glutamate

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10
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Predominant ionotropic Glutamate receptor

A

NMDA

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11
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What neurotransmitter is termed the “on switch” for the brain?

A

Glutamate

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12
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Glutamate ionotropic receptor(s)

A

AMPA
NMDA
Kainate

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13
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Glutamate metabotropic receptor(s)

A

mGluRs

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14
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Neural injury that causes excess release of glutamate, killing neurons

A

Excitotoxicity

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15
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What results in excitotoxicity

A

Stroke
Head Trauma

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16
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Most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain

A

GABA

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17
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Ionotropic GABA receptor(s)

A

GABA subscript A

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18
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GABA agonists are potent ______

A

Tranquilizers

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19
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GABA agonists:

A

Valium
Barbiturates
Ethanol
Neurosteroids
Benzodiazepines

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20
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What might benzodiazepines be used for?

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Stop seizures
Antidepressants

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21
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What might barbiturate be used for?

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Sleeping pills
Anesthesia

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22
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What is the neurotransmitter in alcohol?

A

Ethanol

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23
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Most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the spinal cord

24
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What is the neurotransmitter for adrenaline?

A

Epinephrine

25
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What does dopamine facilitate?

A

Addiction
Learning
Schizophrenia
Motor Control

26
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Dopamine pathway(s)

A

Mesolimbocortical
Mesotriatal

27
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Where does the mesotriatal pathway go for dopamine?

A

Substantia nigra to striatum
(Caudate and putamen)

28
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Where does the mesolibocorotical pathway go for dopamine?

A

Ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens, cortex, and hippocampus

29
Q

What is Norepinephrine vital for?

A

Mood
Arousal
Sexual Behavior

30
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Where does the norepinephrine pathway travel?

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Locus Coreleus to hippocampus, basal ganglia, and cortex

Lateral Tegmental area

31
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What is serotonin vital for?

A

Sleep
Sexual Behavior
Anxiety

32
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What neurotransmitter is responsible for anxiety and panic attacks?

33
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What structures are vital to the serotonin pathway?

A

Hippocampus (under the surface) and Raphe Nuclei

34
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What is the serotonin pathway?

A

Mesencephalic serotonergic cells project to thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia, and cortex

35
Q

What state of matter are the nitric oxide and carbon monoxide neurotransmitters?

36
Q

Nitric oxide is produced in _____ of the _____ cell and diffuses _____

A

Dendrites
Postsynaptic
Instantly

37
Q

Gas neurotransmitters are diffused to ____ cells

38
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Gas neurotransmitters _____ neighboring neurons

A

Synchronize

39
Q

Can gasses be stores in vesicles?

40
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Acetylcholine receptor(s)

A

Nicotinic
Muscarinic

41
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Agonists for acetylcholine

A

Nicotine
Muscarine

42
Q

What is Curare good for?

A

Helps with suffocation from seizures
Relaxes muscles and paralyzes patients

43
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Most nicotinic ACh receptors are:

A

Ionotropic
Excitatory
Peripheral

44
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Most muscarinic ACh receptors are:

A

Metabotropic
Excitatory or inhibitory
CNS

45
Q

_____ use nicotinic ACh receptors

46
Q

Is glutamate excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Excitatory

47
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Is asparate excitatory or inhibitory

A

Excitatory

48
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Is glycine excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Inhibitory

49
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Is GABA excitatory or inhibitory

A

Inhibitory

50
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Is dopamine excitatory or inhibitory?

51
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Is epinephrine excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Excitatory

52
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Is norepinephrine excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Excitatory

53
Q

Is serotonin excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Inhibitory

54
Q

Is nitric oxide excitatory or inhibitory?

55
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Is carbon monoxide excitatory or inhibitory?

A

inhibitory

56
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Is acetylcholine excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Excitatory

57
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Are endorphins excitatory or inhibitory?

A

Inhibitory

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