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Neurotransmitters Flashcards

1
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characteristic sign for uncal herniation (shift in brain)

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unresponsive pupil (to pupillary light reflex)

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chemical released by cell (endocrine) that acts on neuron to alter its response to NT

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neuromodulator (neuropeptides)

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two general functions for chemical NT

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rapid communication and neuromodulation (mediate synaptic transmission and neuronal growth)

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most common excitatory NT, most common inhibitory

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glutamate, GABA

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most common NT in PNS at neuromuscular junction; what is most common for ANS?

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Ach; norepinephrine

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dopamine, norepi, epinephrine, serotonin are examples of this NT

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monoamines

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this NT thought to be involved in long term potentiation

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glutamate

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amino acid excitatory NT

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aspartic acid and glutamic acid

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inhibitory amino acid NT

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GABA and glycine

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indoleamine monoamine NT

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serotonin

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substance P, somatostatin, neurotensin, CCK, enkephalins/endoprhins are examples of this kind of NT

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peptide

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12
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these are examples of putative NT

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endogenous benzodiazepines and prostaglandin

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this catalyzes acetylcholine

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choline acetyltransferase

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4 mechanisms for NT regulation of hypothalamic hormones

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interneurons, direct, presynaptic, portal circulation

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Ach functions mainly in neuromodulation…affects these functions

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attention, memory, learning

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major cholinergic pathways

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pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei, septal nuclei, nucleus basalis of Meynert

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major cholinergic pathway involved in arousal and coordinated locomotor activities

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pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei to intralaminar thalamus

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where is pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei cholinergic pathway located (*to intralaminar thalamus*)

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lateral RF

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cholinergic pathway that facilitates hippocampal theta rhythm related to memory

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septal nuclei

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20
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cholinergic septal nuclei project here via fornix

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hippocampus

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where is nucleus basalis of Meynert?

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substantia innominata

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what is input to cholinergic nucleus basalis of Meynert? where does it project?

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locus ceruleus, raphe nuclei, substantia nigra, amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex; cerebral cortex

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cholinergic pathway that degenerates in Alzheimer’s disease

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nucleus basalis of Meynert

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lesion of central tegmental tract will cause this

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coma

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NT for VPLO hypothalamus

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GABA

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rate limiting step of catecholamine NT synthesis…present in all catecholamine neurons

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tyrosine hydroxylase

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all catecholamine NT are synthesized from this

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tyrosine

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septal nuclei projects via fornix to hippocampus/amygdala via this cholinergic pathway

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diagonal band of broca

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catecholamine dopamine can be identified by this marker

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tyrosine hydroxyalse

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this catecholamine is depleted in Parkinsons, increased in schizo.

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dopamine

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two MAJOR sources of dopamine in brain

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substantia nigra pars compacta and VTA

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dopaminergic pathway…SNc projects to striatum; dysfunction in this pathway causes what?

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nigrostriatal pathway; Parkinson’s

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dopaminergic pathway….from VTA to all cortical/subcortical structures of limbic system (*positive symptoms of schizo.*)

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mesolimbic

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34
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where does dopaminergic mesolimbic pathway arise?

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VTA

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this drug blocks dopamine reuptake transporter

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these drugs are dopamine-releasing agents, also block reincorporation of dopamine into synaptic vesicles

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amphetamine and meth

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this drug attaches to specific excitatory receptors in plasma membrane of neuron

38
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drugs of abuse affect this dopamine pathway

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VTA to nucleus accumbens

39
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dopaminergic mesocortical pathway

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VTA to prefrontal cortex

40
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dopaminergic pathway involved in working memory, motor initiation; deficit produces what?

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mesocortical pathway; hypokinesia and cognitive deficits (related to Parkinson’s)

41
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major sources of serotonin

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raphe nuclei and pineal gland

42
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marker for catecholamine norepinephrine

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dopamine B-hydroxylase

43
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norepi is transmitter for these neurons

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postgang. sympathetic

44
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thalamus is inhibitory or excitatory to thalmus?

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excitatory

45
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these drugs can be used to treat epilepsy, anxiety, sedatives/anesthesia (*GABA agonist*)

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benzodiazepenes (valium) and barbituates (pentobarbital)

46
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two main areas for noradrenergic pathways

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locus ceruleus and LTA

47
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contains largest concentration of epinephrine in CNS (projects to ALL parts CNS)

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locus ceruleus

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inputs to noradrenergic locus ceruleus

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cortex, limbic, RF, raphe nuclei, cerebellum, SC

49
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NT from tuberomammillary nucleus

50
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noradrenergic pathway/norepi store…significant loss in Alzheimer and Parkinson’s…plays role in *anxiety and panic disorders*

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locus ceruleus

51
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lateral tegmental area projects to hyopthalamus and thalamus via these pathways

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central tegmental tract and MFB

52
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noradrenergic located in medulla and pons…involved in sympathetic BP control (projects to hypothalamus and thalamus)

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lateral tegmental area

53
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marker for serotonin

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tryptophan hydroxylase

54
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plays important role in arousal, sensory perception, emotion, higher recognition…also depression, anxiety, OCD, aggression, eating disorders

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serotonin has these effects with low levels; this in high levels

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depression and insomnia; mania

56
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these can increase serotonin levels by blocking reuptake

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tricyclic antidepressives

57
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where do raphe nuclei project from the medulla, pons, and midbrain (serotonergic pathways)

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spinal cord; cerebellum and SC; diencephalon and telencephalon

58
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highest concentration of serotonin in body

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pineal gland

59
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pinealocytes convert serotonin to this

60
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what endorphins are derived from

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pro-opiomelanocortic (precursor to ACTH)

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endorphins are found almost exclusively in these nuclei of the *hypothalamus*

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arcuate and mammillary nuclei

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where do endorphins in hypothalamus project to?

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hypothalamus, amygdala, nucleus accumbens, septal area, thalamus, locus ceruleus

63
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what are enkephalins derived from?

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proenkephiln

64
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most abundant and widely distributed opiod peptide

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enkephalins

65
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where are enkephalins in highest concentration? what circuit systems are they a part of?

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globus pallidus; striatum and limbic

66
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staining for GABA

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glutamic acid decarboxylase

67
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what does GABA coexist with mostly?

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enkephalin and substance P

68
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GABA-ergic neurons from striatal neurons project here

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globus pallidus and substantia nigra

69
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GABA-ergic neurons from pallidal and nigral neurons project here

70
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major inhibitory transmitter in SC; what blocks this inhibitory action?

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glycine; strychnine

71
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major excitatory NT in brain

72
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places that use glutamate NT

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cerebellar granule, corticobulbar, corticospinal, DRG neurons

73
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these glutamate receptors may be involved in long-term potentiation in the hippocampus

74
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this plays a role in kindling-induced seizures (and pain transmission of Ad and C fibers)

75
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glutamate is involved in these projections to globus pallidus

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corticostriate and subthalamic

76
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this NT is located in olfactory system, striatum, cortex, hippocampus, supraoptic nucleus and cerebellum

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nitric oxide

77
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ascending pathway of endogenous pain control involves this tract

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spinoreticular (impulses to PAG)

78
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descending raphespinal pathway for pain control

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PAG-nucleus raphe magnus-serotonin to enkephalinergic interneurons dorsal horn (substantia gelatinosa)

79
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this provides direct inhibition of tract cells hat give rise to ascending pain pathway

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ceruleospinal pathway

80
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these are present in Parkin’s disease in substantia nigra

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Lewy bodies

81
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Huntington disease has loss of these neurons in the striatum

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Ach and GABA-ergic

82
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these neurons are degenerated in nucleus basalis of Meynert in Alzheimer’s disease

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cortical and cholinergic neurons

83
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Alzheimer’s associated with a massive loss of this on cortex

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Ach acetyltransferase

84
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myasthenia gravis is characterized by antibodies to these

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nicotinic Ach receptors (causes muscle paresis)

85
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Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome is caused by this; what does this cause?

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presynaptic defect Ach release; limb weakness and autonomic dysfunction

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