Neurontranmitter Network

Question 0

Neurotransmitter driven network

Answer 0

Or behavioural modification network- networks identified by neurons using the same neurotransmitter

Question 1

Brain are networked to creat personality

Answer 1

Ye

Question 2

Norepinephrine network

Answer 2

Norepinephrine network modulates -attention, arousal, sleep wake, learning,memory,pain,anxiety,mood
Psychostimulants- methamphetamine , Ritalin,caffeine

Question 3

Image in CCN

Answer 3

Modern imaging techniques - positron emission tomography takes glucose uptake
Functional magnetic resonance imaging tracks blood flow (deoxyhemoglobin in paramagnetic)
Techniques above show areas of activity (function) do not always precisely coincide with defined anatomical zone

Question 4

Serotonin network

Answer 4

Serotonin network modulates
Locomotion pain sleep wake cycle emotion

Most antidepressants work by increasing serotonin levels

Question 5

Dopamine network

Answer 5

Modulates motor control and reward centres

Dopamine agonists used to increase health span of individuals with Parkinson’s disease

Question 6

Dopamine network

Answer 6

Feel good pleasure network
Prefrontal cortex is the area where dopamine signal is actually processed into pleasure
Dopamine can be increase by cocaine and natural endorphins ( from exercise and food)
GABA is the inhibitory of dopamine ( heroin and morphine can stop GABA )

Question 7

Achtylchloine network

Answer 7

Modulates arousal, sleep wake, learning, memory,sensory info

Alzheimer’s disease low acetylcholine levels and massive loss of cholinergic neurons