Neurotransmitters Flashcards
Dopamine - altered cause what diseases?
Increase: schizophrenia
Decrease: depression, Parkinson disease
Norepinephrine production in brain
1 - locus cereleus
reticular formation
solitary pathway
NE - altered causes what disorders?
decrease: depression
Increase: anxiety, mania
Serotonin - altered cause what diseases?
Decreased: anxiety, depression
Serotonin production in brain
raphe nucleus
Acetylcholine - altered cause what diseases?
Increase: parkinson disease (primarily dopamine mediated)
Decrease: Alzheimer dz, huntington dz
GABA production in brain
produced from glutamate and vitamin B6 in the nucleus accumbens
GABA - altered causes what diseases?
Decreased: anxiety, huntington dz
B6 deficiency can decrease GABA production leading to seizures