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Neuropath Flashcards

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Norepinephrine Location

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Locus Coeruleus (Pons)

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Serotonin Location

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Raphe Nuclei

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Dopamine Location

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VTA and substantia nigra (Midbrain)

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Dopamine Deficit Diagnoses

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Substance Abuse, Anhedonia, Parkinson’s Disease

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Dopamine Deficit Symptoms

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Poor impulse control, poor spaciality/abstract thought, movement disorders

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Dopamine Excess Diagnosis

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Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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Dopamine Excess Symptoms

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creativity, disorganized thinking, loose associations, tics/sterotyped behaviors

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Norepinephrine Deficit Diagnosis

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Depression

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Norepinephrine Deficit Symptoms

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Dullness, low energy, depressive affect

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Norepinephrine Excess Diagonsis

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Anxiety

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Norepinephrine Excess Symptoms

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Anxiety, hyperalert, increased startle, paranoia, decreased appetite

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Serotonin Deficit Diagnoses

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Depression, OCD, Anxiety, Schizophrenia

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Serotonin Deficit Symptoms

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Irritatbiliy, hostility, depression, sleep dysregulation, loss of appetite/libido

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Serotonin Excess Symptoms

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Sedation, increased aggression

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GABA Deficit Diagnosis

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Anxiety

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GABA Deficit Symptoms

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Irritability, hostility, tension, anxiety, seizure

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GABA Excess Symptoms

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Reduced excitability, sedation, impaired memory

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Glutamate Deficit Diagnoses

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Memory and learning difficulty, Negative symptoms of Schizophrenia

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Glutamate Deficit Symptoms

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Poor memory, Low energy, Easily distractible

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Glutamate Excess Diagnoses

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Bipolar, Psychosis from excessive pruning or ischemic neurotoxicity

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Glutamate Excess Symptoms

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Kindling, seizures, anxiety/panic

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Frontal Lobe

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Executive Function/Decision making
Voluntary movement
Memory
Personality
Expressive Language
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Temporal Lobe

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Auditory
Memory
Emotion
Receptive Language
Integrates vision with sensory info
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Occiptial Lobe

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Vision

Integrates vision with sensory info

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Parietal Lobe

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Sensory
Taste
Disfunction can cause visual-perceptual disturbances

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Cerebral Cortex

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Contralateral
Integrates both sides of hemispheres
Behavior that makes us human

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Hypothalamus

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Regulatory Center

Appetite, sleep, libido, body temp, etc.

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Thalamus

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Amydala

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Mood, Emotion, Fear

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Basil Ganglia

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Motor - voluntary and involuntary

EPT

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Hippocampus

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Cerebellum

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Cerebral cortex
Limbic System (TH, HYPOTH, HIP, AMYG)
Basil Ganglia

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