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Midterm 1 - Psychopharmacology Flashcards

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3 Things That Can Happen to a NT When It’s Released

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  1. Diffuse Away
  2. Broken down with enzymes
  3. Re-Uptake
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MAOs (A&B)

(Enzyme Deactivation)

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Enzyme that destroys excess amounts of NT by inactivating it.

Not only do MAOs break apart NTs, they re-package them so they are ready to go to the synaptic cleft and be released again.

Ex. MAOb breaks down excess dopamine. Deprenyl is a dopamine agonist because it destroys MAOb (which breaks it down in the first place).

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SNAP-25

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A protein that, when activated by Ca2+, drags the vesicle to the appropriate docking location on the pre-synaptic membrane.

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Pinocytosis

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Reuptake (the process of the membrane pinching off and becomming a re-packaged vesicle).

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Exocytosis

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Release

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2 Main Drug Classifications

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  1. Agonist
  2. Antagonist
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Agonist

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A drug that increases the action of the synapse/NT.

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3 Ways A Drug Can Be An Agonist

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  1. It can mimic the NT.
  2. It can promote release of the NT.
  3. It can block re-uptake of the NT.
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Amphetamine

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Dopamine agonist (mimics dopamine).

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SSRI

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BLOCKS RE-UPTAKE

E.g., Prozac

Developed because other antidepressants on the market would block re-uptake of serotonin AND norepinephrine. But nor-epinephrine blockers are good for lethargic depressed people, but not anxious depressed. Therefore, SSRIs do away with the norepi component.

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Antagonist

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A drug that decreases the function of the NT at the synapse.

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How Does an Antagonist Work?

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BLOCKS the post-synaptic receptors (therefore NT can’t bind to the receptor and open the ion channel).

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Anti-Psychotics

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Dopamine antagonists.

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3 Classes of NTs

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  1. Quaternary Amine
  2. Monoamines
  3. Amino acids
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Acetylcholine (ACh)

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Quaternary Amine

Movement workhorse.

Main NT of the muscular system. Operates at neuromuscular junction.

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2 Categories Monoamines

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  1. Catecholeamines
  2. Indoleamines
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Catecholeamines

(3)

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Dopamine

Norepinephrine

Epinephrine

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Indoleamines

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Serotonin

Melatonin

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Catecholeamine Synthesis Pathway

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Mediated by enzymes.

  1. L-Tyrosine
  2. L-Dopamine
  3. Dopamine
  4. Norepinephrine
  5. Epinephrine
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Indoleamine Synthesis Pathway

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  1. L-Tryptophan
  2. 5-Hydroxytryptophan
  3. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) *Serotonin
  4. Melatonin
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Factories in the Midbrain That Make NTs

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  1. Substantia Nigra - dopamine (nigrostriatal pathway)
  2. Raphe Nuclei - 5-HT
  3. Ventral Tegmental Area - dopamine (median forebrain bundle)
  4. Locus Ceruleus - Norepinephrine
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Nigrostriatal Pathway

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Dopamine pathway that starts in the substantia nigra and ends in the striatum (starts and stops movement).

Parkinson’s

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Median Forebrain Bundle (MFB)

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Dopamine pathway that starts in the midbrain (VTA) and goes to the forebrain (PFC).

***Thoughts and emotions. Thought disorders.

***Schizophrenia and bipolar (mania = too much dopamine).

Without dopamine in PFC, you lose executive functioning.

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Norepinephrine

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  • Locus Ceruleus
  • Level of game
  • Over-productivity = anxiety
  • Role in controlling brain wave functions when you sleep (wake up when norepi is released).
  • Will increase when in danger
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Raphe Nuclei

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Makes 5-HT which goes just about everywhere.

26
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Tectum

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Roof of midbrain.

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Tegmentum

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Floor of midbrain.

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Amino Acid NTs

(3)

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Most prevalent NTs in the brain! A majority of brain function is conducted from the release of glutamate and GABA.

  1. Glutamate
  2. GABA
  3. Glycine
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Glutamate

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AA NT

  • Always excitatory
  • Primary NT in the brain!
30
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GABA

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AA NT

  • Always inhibitory
31
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Glycine

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AA NT

  • Inhibitory
32
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Dopamine Agonist

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Stimulant

  • Meth = Mimics dopamine
  • Cocaine = Selective Dopamine Re-Uptake Inhibitor
33
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Dopamine Antagonist

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Opposite of a stimulant

  • Anti-psychotic (Thorazine, Haldol, Chlorpromazine)
  • Interrupts transmission to median forebrain bundle
  • Problem = Movement disorders (dopamine initiates movement). Parkinsonian like symptoms.
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5-HT Agonist

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  • Increases serotonin
  • Increases mood, decreases appetite, makes sleepy, gives hallucinations
  • Hallucinogens
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5-HT Antagonist

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Depressant.

Experimental only (may block hallucinations)

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GABA Agonist

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Increases inhibition.

  • Barbituates
  • Benzos - works on GABAa and will compete with alcohol (mimic GABA and let Cl- in) (creates IPSP)
  • Alcohol - works on GABAa and will compete with benzos

Inhibitory NTs let in negatively charged ions.

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GABA Antagonist

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Excitatory

No known GABA antagonists.

38
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Glutamate Agonist

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Stimulant

  • No known drugs that act as GA.
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Glutamate Antagonist

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  • Anesthetics (put to sleep but doesn’t paralyze)
  • E.g., propophol
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ACh Agonist

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  • Increased motor function and firing at neuromuscular junction.
  • Overexcites heart muscles.
  • Spider and snake venom
  • POISON
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ACh Antagonist

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  • Paralyzes
  • Muscles get too relaxed and stop working
  • Botulism
42
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L-DOPA

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Parkinson’s drug that increases synthesis of dopamine in the nigrostriatal pathway.

43
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Dopamine Receptors

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  • Branch 1 = D1, D2, D3
  • Branch 2 = D4-D5
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Dopamine D2 Receptor

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  • Key movement receptor in striatum
  • D2 Antagonist blocks motor function
45
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D4 Dopamine Receptor

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  • Found in forebrain
  • D4 Antagonist blocks hallucinations without blocking movement.
46
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5-HT Receptors

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1-17

47
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5-HT 3,4 Receptors

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Satiety

48
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5-HT 2a

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Responsible for hallucinations. Active site for hallucinogens.

LSD, MDMA act on these receptors

49
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MDMA

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Promotes release of dopamine and can mimic dopamine.

Can also increase the release of 5-HT.

Therefore, it’s a combination dopamine and 5-HT agonist.

*Breaks down to meth in brain.

50
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Most Common Receptors in the Brain

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G-Protein coupled receptors

51
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G-Protein Coupled Receptor

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  • Transmembrane
  • NT will bind and activate G-Protein on bottom, inside cell receptor.
  • This part that’s inside can send signals to other channels to open.
  • Amplifies signal.
52
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Hormones vs. NTs

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Hormones

  • Large
  • Can go a long distance

NTs

  • Small
  • Only travel across synapses

***Both can alter behavior!

53
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Endogenous Opioids

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Endorphins, Enkaphalines

54
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How do synapses maintain homeostasis?

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Up-regulating and down-regulating post-synaptic receptor sites.

55
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Down-Regulation vs. Up-Regulation

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Down-Regulation

  • Tolerance b/c receptors go down beneath surface so NTs/Drugs can’t find receptors (therefore have to take more and more = tolerance)

Up-Regulation

  • Response to withdrawal
56
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Tolerance

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Neuron will get over-excited and compensate by down-regulating

(e.g., In meth, there’s way more release of dopamine)

57
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Withdrawal

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When stop taking drug, receptors will up-regulate (peak head back out to look for NT in synaptic cleft).

Withdrawal lessens with up-regulation

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