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Lectures 13: NTs Flashcards

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1
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What packs NT into a synaptic vesicle?

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Vesicular transport protein

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Vesicles bind where on the nerve terminal plasma membrane?

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Active zone

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Ca2+ triggers…(in nerve terminal)

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Fusion

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The vesicle is recaptured via endocytosis and protein?

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Clathrin

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Amino acid NTs (3)

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Glutamate, GABA, Glycine

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Monoamines (4)

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Catecholamines, indoleamines, acetylcholine, histamine

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Catecholamines (3)

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Dopamine, NE, epi

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Indoleamines (2)

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Serotonin, melatonin

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Other NTs (5 classes)

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Nucleosides (adenosine), lipid-derived (anandamine), gases (NO), neurotrophic factors (BDNF), hormones w/ nuclear receptors (steroids)

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Ligand-gated channels create a robust…How many transmembrane regions? How many subunits?

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Postsynaptic current; 4; 4-5

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GPCR has how many transmembrane regions?

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7

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12
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Two other motifs of neurotransmission in the brain

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Protein tyrosine kinases (neurotrophic factors) and nuclear hormone receptors (steroid hormones)

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Glutamate acts through…Examples of each and major role.

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Ligand-gated channels (rapid neurotransmission, AMPA, NMDA, kainate) and GPCRs (modulatory influences/autoreceptors, mGluR1-8)

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14
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What accounts for the vast majority of the brain’s rapid, point-to-point communication?

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Glutamate acting on ligand-gated channels

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Autoreceptors are…

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Gi

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Glutamate can be made from which two pathways? And which enzymes? What enzyme turns glutamate into glutamine? What cell expresses this?

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Aspartate and alpha-ketoglutarate (transaminase); glutamine (glutaminase); glutamine synthetase; astrocytes

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Two glutamate-relevant drugs and their action

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Ketamine and phencyclidine; NMDA receptor antagonists

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GABA acts through…Examples of each. What ion does the first channel flux? What is the second receptor?

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Ligand-gated channels (GABAa) and GPCRs (GABAb); Cl-; autoreceptor

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Describe GABA’s synthesis and degradation

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GABA is synthesized from glutamate via the enzyme, glutamatic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and degraded by GABA transaminase

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How is GABA removed from the synapse?

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Returned to the nerve terminal via a plasma membrane GABA transporter

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21
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How do anticonvulsant drugs work?

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Either increase GABA synthesis or block reuptake

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How do sedative-hypnotic drugs work? What are their effects? Two examples?

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Promote GABAa receptor function; anticonvulsant/anti-anxiety/pro-sleep; benzos and barbiturates

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Where does Glycine primarily serve as a NT? Excitatory or inhibitory? What kind of receptor? Name?

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Spinal cord; inhibitory; a ligand-gated Cl- channel; strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor

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24
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What is a second function of glycine?

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Glycine can bind with relatively low affinity to NMDA glutamate receptors and thereby enhances the ability of glutamate to activate these receptors

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25
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How should one think about monoamine NTs?

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Play a modulatory roles, by increasing or decreasing the gain on glutamatergic or GABAergic neurotransmission

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26
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Describe dopamine synthesis. Denote rate-limiting enzyme

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Tyrosine hydroxylase* converts tyrosine to L-DOPA. DOPA decarboxylase converts L-DOPA to dopamine

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Describe noradrenergic synthesis

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Dopamine is converted into norepinephrine by dopamine β-hydroxylase

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Describe adrenergic synthesis

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Norepinephrine is converted into epinephrine by phenylethanolamine-N-methytransferase

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29
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All catecholamines are degraded by…(2)

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Monoamine oxidases (MAOs) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT)

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Catecholamines are concentrated into synaptic vesicles via…What other NT uses this?

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Vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT); serotonin

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31
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3 major dopaminergic nuclei

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Substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area (VTA), and the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus

32
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Describe the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway

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Substantia nigra –> caudate-putamen; modulates motor fxns of the striatum

33
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Describe the mesocorticolimbic dopamine pathway

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VTA –> NA, hippcampus, amygdala, prefrontal; crucial for reward, motivation, emotional memory, executive planning

34
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Describe the arcuate nucleus pathway

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Arcuate nucleus –> anterior pituitary; inhibit prolactin

35
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All dopamine receptors are…Give an Gs and Gi example

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GPCRs; Gs = D1; Gi = D2

36
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All antipsychotic drugs are…

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Antagonists or weak partial agonists at D2

37
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All psychostimulant drugs…

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Promoate dopamine function by inhibiting reuptake/stimulating release

38
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2 ways to treat Parkinson’s

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L-DOPA and D2 agonists

39
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What is the most important NE nuclei in the brain? Where does it project? Main function? Lesser functions (2)?

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Locus ceruleus; all NE innervation to entire forebrain; vigilance/attention; control over ANS and regulating stress/emotional behavior response

40
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All NE receptors are…Describe 3 types

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GPCRs; beta –> Gs; alpha1 –> Gq; alpha2 –> Gi

41
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Drugs that block __________ have been used to treat (2)

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NE transporter; depression and ADHD

42
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T/F: Epinephrine acts on the same adrenergic receptors as NE

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True! (though its mostly used by the adrenal medulla)

43
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Describe serotonin synthesis. Denote rate-limiting step

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The enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase* converts tryptophan to 5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-hydroxytryptophan is converted to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT) by aromatic amino acid decarboxylase

44
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Most important serotonin nuclei. Projections? Functions?

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Dorsal raphe nucleus; broad; stress responses, emotional behavior, feeding control, and circadian rhythms

45
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4 classes of 5-HT receptors

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5HT1 –> Gi; 5HT2 –> Gq; 5HT3 –> ligand-gated; 5HT4-7 = Gs

46
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Describe the two functions of new antipsychotic drugs

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In addition to blocking D2 dopamine receptors, also antagonize 5HT2A receptors

47
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All major hallucinogens are…

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Partial agonists at 5HT2C receptors

48
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Which serotonin receptor is involved with appetite? How?

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5HT2c receptors are integrally related to control of appetite: agonists decrease feeding while antagonists increase feeding and result in obesity

49
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Anti-migraine drugs are agonists at…

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5HT1D receptors

50
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What brain structure uses melatonin?

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Pineal gland

51
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Describe acetylcholine synthesis and degradation/resorption

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Synthesized from choline and acetyl-CoA in a single enzymatic step catalyzed by choline acetyltransferase; degraded by acetylcholinesterase in the synapse and choline is taken up

52
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Describe cholinergic projections

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Brainstem nuclei –> project widely, important for sleep; Medial septal and diagonal band and nucleus basalis of Meynert –> hippocampis; important for cognition

53
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Where else do we find cholinergic neurons?

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Interneurons in striatum

54
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Describe acetylcholine’s receptors

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Ligand-gated: nicotinic, fluxes cations (excitatory); GPCRs: muscarinic, Gi or Gq

55
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What does the drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease do?

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Muscarinic cholinergic antagonist (based on their striatal interneuron function)

56
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What does the drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease do?

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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

57
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How does Botulinum toxin work?

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Blocks ACh release

58
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Describe histamine synthesis

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Histidine –> histamine by histidine decarboxylase

59
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What single nucleus synthesizes histamine? Where does it project? Main effect?

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Tuberomammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus; widespread; sleep/wake cycles

60
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Describe three groups of peptides

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  1. Hypothalamic releasing/inhibitory factors; 2. Feeding and “gut-brain” peptides 3. Tachykinins (regulation of nociception)
61
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Describe ways peptide NTs are different than others (4)

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  1. Synthesized via standard protein processes in somas (not nerve terminals); 2. Peptide NTs are packaged into large dense core vesicles (exocytosed) not small clear synaptic vesicles; 3. Peptides degraded enzymatically in synapse, no reuptake occurs; 4. Solely act on GPCRs
62
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Describe peptide NT synthesis

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Prepropeptide gene –> prepropeptide mRNA –> prepropeptide protein –> propeptide (in rough ER) –> peptide –> dense core vesicles

63
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T/F: Most peptide NTs are derived from larger proteins

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True! POMC –> ACTH, beta-endorphin, alpha-MSH

64
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T/F: Most peptidergic neurons only use a peptide NT

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False! Most also use a small NT

65
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Describe orexin. Projections (strongest)/function?

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Name refers to two related peptides used as a neurotransmitter by a small number of neurons in the lateral hypothalamus; wide projections w/ strongest to the histaminergic tuberomammillary nucleus; promotes alertness

66
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What disorder is associated with orexin?

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Narcoleps in people who do not have orexin neurons

67
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Orexin receptors

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OX1 and OX2, but GPCRs

68
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Three types of opioid peptides and associated functions/receptors

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Enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins; enkephalins and endorphins (mu and delta receptors) promote reward, positive mood, analgesia, and sedation. Dynorphins (kappa receptors) promote analgesia and sedation, but induce negative mood state.

69
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Opiate drugs target which receptor?

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Mu

70
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Nucleosides are important ___________ NTs. They include (3); where are they used?

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Modulatory; ATP, adenosine, several di- and tri-nucleosides; released in most synapses w/ other NTs

71
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Describe adenosine’s effects and name an important drug

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Crucial role in regulating alertness and sleep: accumulates during wakefulness to promote sleep; adenosine receptor antagonists = caffeine

72
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Name 2 lipid-derived NTs and their precursor

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Anandamine and 2AG (endocannabinoids); derived from arachidonic acid

73
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Describe endocannabindoid synthesis, receptor, and effects

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Synthesized postsynaptically in response to Ca2+ influx, released into the synapse where they act on CB1 receptors located on nearby nerve terminals to regulate NT release; effects = perception, appetite, nociception, reward, and level of consciousness

74
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Describe NO synthesis. Where is it synthesized? What does it act on? Final effects?

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Derived from arginine by nitric oxide synthase; postsynaptically; presynaptic cGMP production –> modulation of NT release

75
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Therefore, like endocannabinoids, NO serves an important _________ function

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Modulatory

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