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Neurobiology - Week 4 - Neurotransmitters Flashcards

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What are the key anatomical elements of the neurotransmitter process?

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  1. Neurotransmitter synthesising enzymes
  2. Synaptic vesicles/transporters
  3. Reuptake transporters
  4. Degradative enzymes
  5. Transmitter gated-ion channels
  6. G-protein-coupled receptors
  7. G-proteins
  8. G-protein-gated ion channels
  9. Second messenger cascades
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Where are G-protiens found?

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Intracellular regions of the membrane

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What are the 3 classes of neurotransmitters?

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Amino acids, amines and peptides

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What was the first identified neurotransmitter?

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acetylcholine

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What are the 3 criteria to be a neurotransmitter?

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  1. Synthesis and storage in the presynaptic neuron
  2. Released by the presynaptic axon terminal
  3. When applied, mimics post-synaptic cell response produced by the release of neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron
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How does immunohistochemistry help to identify neurotransmitters?

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We’re using the immune system to create antibodies against a particular sequence of amino acids, to identify peptides,

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Explain the process of utilising immunohistochemistry to identify neurotransmitters

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  1. Inject neurotransmitter into candidate (e.g. rabbit/mouse)
  2. Withdraw specific antibodies from ear vein
  3. Purify antibodies
  4. Get a brain tissue section and slice
  5. Apply antibody to the tissue for 48 hours
  6. Antibody binds to neurotransmitters in the brain tissue slices
  7. Ability to identify neurotransmitters
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What are acetylcholine (ACh) receptors?

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  • Nicotinic
  • Muscarinic
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What are 3 glutamate agonist receptors?

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  • AMPA
  • NMDA
  • Kainate receptor
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What is an ionotropic receptor?

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  • Ligand-gated ion channels
  • Has confirmational change
  • Selective ion channels open
  • Fast response
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What is a metabotropic receptor?

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  • G-protein coupled receptors
  • Slow response
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What 3 neurotransmitters are derived from tyrosine?

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Catecholamines (norepinephrine & epinephrine)
Dopamine

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What amino acid is serotonin derived from?

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tryptophan

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What does GABA stand for?

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Gamma-amino-butyric-acid

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Is GABA an inhibitory or excitatory neurotransmitter?

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Major inhibitory neurotransmitter in CNS

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How many subunits form a pore in the transmitter-gated ion channels?

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5
(Pentamers)

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Describe an NMDA receptor and it’s function

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Discuss GABA receptors

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What are 3 steps in g-protein-coupled receptor transmissions?

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  • Binding of the neurotransmitter to the receptor protein
  • Activation of G-proteins
  • Activation of effector systems
20
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Describe the basic structure of a g-protein-coupled receptor

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A single polypeptide with 7 membrane-alpha-helices

21
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What are the 5 steps in a G-protein operations

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22
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Describe divergence and convergence

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23
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G protein signal amplification

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24
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Who was the person to discover the first neurotransmitter acetylcholine?

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Otto Loewi - 1920’s

25
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What neurotransmitter doe glutamatergic neurons use?

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Glutamate

26
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What is In Situ Hybridization?

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Strands of mRNA consist of nucleotides arranged in a specific sequence.

Each nucleotide will stick to one other complementary nucleotide.

a synthetic probe is constructed containing a sequence of complementary nucleotides that will allow it to stick to the mRNA.

If the probe is labelled, the location of cells containing the mRNA will
be revealed.

27
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What is fluorescence in situ hybridization also known as?

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FISH

28
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What is microiontophoresis?

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a process for observing or recording the effect of an ionized substance on nerve cells that involves inserting a double micropipette into the brain close to a nerve cell,

injecting an ionized fluid through one barrel of the pipette,

and using a concentrated saline solution in the other tube as an electrical conductor to pick up and transmit back to an oscilloscope any change in neural activity

29
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What is Dale’s principle?

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The idea that a neuron has only one neurotransmitter

Many peptide-containing neurons violate Dale’s principle because these cells usually release more than one neurotransmitter: an amino acid or amine and a peptide.

30
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What is the enzyme that converts Acetyl CoA + Choline to Acetylcholine?

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Choline acetyletransferase (ChAT)

31
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What is the 4 step catecholamine synthesis from tyrosine to epinephrine

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32
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What is the enzyme that converts tyrosine to L-dopa?

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Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)

33
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What is the enzyme that converts L-dopa to Dopamine?

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Dopa decarboxylase

34
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What enzyme converts dopamine (DA) to norepinephrine (NE)?

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Dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH)

35
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What enzyme converts norepinephrine (NE) to Epinephrine?

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Phentolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT)

36
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What is the 2 step enzymatic sequence synthesising serotonin from tryptophan?

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37
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What enzyme converts tryptophan to 5-hydroxytryptophan?

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Tryptophan hydroxylase

38
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What enzyme converts 5-HTP to serotonin?

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5-HTP decarboxylase

39
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What is the chemical compound name for serotonin?

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5-hydroxytryptamine

40
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What are the 3 amino acid neurotransmitters?

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  1. Glycine
  2. GABA
  3. Glutamate
41
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What is The basic mode of operation of G-proteins

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(a) In its inactive state, the 􏰊 subunit of the G-protein binds GDP.

(b) When activated by a G-protein-coupled receptor, the GDP is exchanged for GTP.

(c) The activated G-protein splits, and both the G􏰊 (GTP) subunit and the G􏰈􏰌 subunit become available to activate effector proteins.

(d) The G􏰊 subunit slowly removes phosphate (PO4) from GTP, con- verting GTP to GDP and terminating its own activity.

42
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What to protein kinases do?

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transfer phosphate from ATP to proteins

called phosphorylation.

43
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What enzymes remove phosphate groups within second messenger groups?

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Protein phosphatases

44
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What is the most excitatory neutransmitter in the brain?

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Glutamate

45
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What is the most inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain?

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GABA

46
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What is neurotransmitter divegerence?

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when the neuron fires, the signal is sent to many other neurons (divergence).

47
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What is convergence?

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where one neuron is influenced by many others (convergence)

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