Neurotransmitters

Question 1

GABA (breaks in brain)

Answer 1

Inhibitory neurotransmitter.
produce relation, sleepiness, reduces the experience
of anxiety

Question 2

Too much GABA

Answer 2

coma, stop breathing, death

Question 3

Too little GABA

Answer 3

convulsion, seizures

Question 4

Glutamate (gas pedal in the brain)

Answer 4

excitatory neurotransmitters

- major role in learning and memory

Question 5

Too much Glutamate

Answer 5

produce cell death/neurotoxic effects

Question 6

Too little Glutamate

Answer 6

impairs learning and memory

Question 7

Serotonin

Answer 7

Mood - less serotonin - experience depression
Appetite - more serotonin - increase appetite
Sexual behaviour - more serotonin - decreases sexual libido (lead to development of sexual dysfunction)
Pain and Sensitivity - less serotonin - more sensitive to pain (physical/psychological)
Anxiety - more/less serotonin - associated w/ anxiety
Aggression - more/less serotonin - associated w/ aggression

Question 8

Neuropinephrine

Answer 8

Arousal, attention, vigilance

Sympathetic Nervous System - fight or flight (activates stress and anxiety system)