Neurotransmitters

Question 1

Glutamate

Answer 1

excitatory
Calcium ions
Primary CNS NT

Question 2

GABA

Answer 2

inhibitory

principle inhibitory NT of the CNS

Question 3

Glycine

Answer 3

inhibitory

mainly spinal cord and brainstem

Question 4

Norepinephrine

Answer 4

sympathetic NS

CNS: sleep, wakefulness, attention, feeding behaviour via the hypothalamus

Question 5

epinephrine

Answer 5

peripheral hormone from the adrenal medulla

Question 6

dopamine

Answer 6

neuromodulator - pleasure, addiction, movement
regulation of hormones
certain psychiatric symptoms

Question 7

Locus Coeruleus

Answer 7

The part of the brainstem whose neurons project norepinephrinergic axons

Question 8

schizophrenia

Answer 8

may be caused by an overproduction of dopamine in the mesolimbic system

Question 9

catecholamines and indolamines

Answer 9

biogenic amines

Question 10

raphe nuclei

Answer 10

serotonin neurones originate principally in the raphe nuclei and project to the brain and brain stem

Question 11

Korsakoff’s psychosis

Answer 11

thiamine deficiency often associated with alcoholism

damage to the thalamus and the mammillary bodies