Neurotransmitters

Question 1

What is a neurotransmitter?

Answer 1

A hormone in your blood stream

Question 2

What does low serotonin cause?

Answer 2

Depression

Question 3

What was Deady et al’s 2006 study conclusion?

Answer 3

1. Maternal Personality
2. Women who are more masculine have higher levels of testosterone

Question 4

What is adrenaline’s role?

Answer 4

1. Fight or flight
2. Helps us to react to a perceived threat
3. Hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system
4. Secreted from adrenal gland
5. Released into blood stream

Question 5

What is NorAdrenaline?

Answer 5

1. A neurotransmitter than helps us react to stress or anxiety
2. Low noradrenaline can cause low motivation, and is linked to ADHD and depression
3. Too much noradrenaline is linked to anxiety, irritability and trouble sleeping