NEUROTRANSMITTERS

Question 1

acts rapidly, briefly & at short range

Answer 1

neurotransmitter

Question 2

acts more slowly and further away

Answer 2

neuromodulator

Question 3

responsible for most synaptic plasticity

Answer 3

neuromodulator

Question 4

not always from neurons

Answer 4

neuromodulator

Question 5

time course for neuromodulators?

Answer 5

seconds - minutes

Question 6

glutamate is excitatory or inhibitory?

Answer 6

excitatory

Question 7

GABA, glycine, and catecholamines/nareaderanile are all excitatory or inhibitory?

Answer 7

ihibitory

Question 8

which excitatory neurotransmitter is involved in

• energy metabolism
• excitotoxity
• major neurotransmitter of the brain

Answer 8

GLUTAMATE

Question 9

which 3 neurotransmitters are closely related?

Answer 9

GABAa, glycine, and glutamate (nematodes)

Question 10

which neurotransmitter acts on alpha 2 receptors in pre-synaptic neuron and less likely to be more noradernaline released (NEG FEEDBACK SYSTEM)

Answer 10

NORADRENALINE

Question 11

which neurotransmitter has 5 receptors?

Answer 11

dopamine

Question 12

both excitatory and inhibitory?

Answer 12

neuromodulators