Neurotransmitters Flashcards
Low substance P in which disorder
Huntington’s
Neurotensin involved in which disorder
Schizophrenia
Endocannabinoids involved in which disorders
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
Neuropeptide Y involved in which disorders
Feeding
High corticotrophin releasing factor in which disorder
Depression
Dopamine breakdown product
Homovanillic acid
Noradrenaline breakdown product
Vanillylmandellic acid
Serotonin breakdown product
5-HIAA
GABA breakdown product
Glutamate
Glutamate breakdown product
Succinic acid
Acetylcholine breakdown product
Choline
Which neurotransmitter has the functions of learning, arousal, memory, REM sleep, pain perception, thirst, parasympathetic
Acetylcholine
Which neurotransmitter has the functions of motivation, novelty seeking, reward, motor movements
Dopamine
Which neurotransmitter has the functions of mood, pain, feeding, sleep-wake, sexual behaviour, temperature regulation
Serotonin
Which neurotransmitter has the functions of anxiety, seizure cessation
GABA
Which neurotransmitter has the functions of arousal, anxiety, mood regulation, autonomic mediation
Noradrenaline
Which co-transmitters can work alongside glutamate for NMDA receptor to function
D-serine or glycine
Which neurotransmitter involved in long term potentiation of memory
Glutamate
Which neurotransmitter mostly found in hippocampus, cortex, neocortical projections
Glutamate
Which hormone considered internal measure of energy state
Leptin
Which neurotransmitter involved in sleep-wake cycles
Nitric oxide
