neuromodulator Flashcards
1
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neuromodulated
A
- influence other neurotransmitters
- more long lasting
- don’t release their chemical messages
- can ahve multiple axon terminals and thus can send multiple messages
- dopamine and seratonin
- take long to establish
- passed through the synapse
2
Q
dopamine
A
- voluntary movement, experience of pleasure, motivation, reward-based learning and memory
- addictive component
- it is a exitatory neurotransmitter and neuromodulator and it can also be a inhibitory during certain situations
- substial nigrar produces dopamine
-metabolic pathway also creates dopamine
3
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seratonin
A
- modulating neurotransmitters
- wide range of function
-stablises mood - inhibitory neuromodulator
balances out dopamine
sleep wake cycle, ocd and ceratonin syndrome