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Neurotransmitters Flashcards

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Acetylcholine

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Consolidation of memory in the hippocampus.

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Dopamine

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Controls brain’s reward and pleasure centers, plays a role in motivation; low levels linked to addictive behavior.

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Norepinephrine

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Arousal and Alertness

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Serotonin

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Sleep, arousal levels, and emotion.

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MRI

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MRIs employ powerful magnets which produce a strong magnetic field that forces protons in the body to align with that field

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PET

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The PET scan uses a radioactive drug called a tracer to show both typical and atypical metabolic activity

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fMRI

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By indirectly measuring the alterations in blood flow and electrical activity, fMRI assesses brain activity

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