neurotransmitters

Question 1

Which of the following is not a specific criterion for classifying a substance as a neurotransmitter?

Answer 1

Ability of the substance to travel long distances between the site of origin and target area

Question 2

Which substance is a monoamine neurotransmitter?

Answer 2

Dopamine

Question 3

The NMDA receptor is a type of receptor for the neurotransmitter

Answer 3

glutamate

Question 4

The discovery that the brain contains specific receptors for manufactured opiate drugs, such as morphine, implies that the body must make an _______ substance to interact with the same receptors.

Answer 4

endogenous

Question 5

Choline acetyltransferase is involved in the synthesis of

Answer 5

acetylcholine

Question 6

Muscarinic receptors

Answer 6

may be either excitatory or inhibitory.

Question 7

Damage to the locus coeruleus would result in decreased production of

Answer 7

norepinephrine

Question 8

A major origin of projections that respond to the neurotransmitter serotonin is the

Answer 8

raphe nucleus

Question 9

In the mammalian brain, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter is

Answer 9

GABA

Question 10

Drugs that block GABA receptors tend to cause

Answer 10

seizures