pharmaco chapter 6 final reviewer Flashcards
• Most of the ganglia are located in the organ innervated, most distant from the spinal cord
PARASYMPATHETIC
• Preganglionic fibers are long and the postganglionic fibers are short
PARASYMPATHETIC
• Most of the ganglia are located in 2 paravertebral chains that lie along the spinal cord
SYMPATHETIC
• Few (prevertebral) on the anterior aspect of the aorta
SYMPATHETIC
• Preganglionic fibers are short and the postganglionic fibers are long
SYMPATHETIC
NEUROTRANSMITTERS (NTAs)
4 FEATURES
- Synthesis
- Storage
- Release
- Termination of action
• Primary transmitter in all autonomic ganglion and parasympathetic postganglionic synapses
• Acetylcholine (ACh)
• ACh is synthesize from acetyl-CoA and choline by
choline acetyltransferase
• ACh is synthesize from ——- by choline acetyltransferase
acetyl-CoA and choline
• Release of Ach transmitter stores from vesicles in the nerve endings requires the entry of — and interaction between several proteins in the vesicle
calcium
- Termination of action of ACh (how)
• Metabolized to acetate and choline by acetylcholinesterase
TERMINATION OF ACTION • By metabolism • Acetylcholinesterase • Monoamine oxidase (MAO) • Cathecol-o-methly transferase (COMT) • Diffuse away from the synaptic cleft and get metabolized elsewhere • Taken up to presynaptic cell • UPTAKE 1 • Taken up to postsynaptic cell • UPTAKE 2
• Not excreted but recycled in the body
Ach
• Inhibits synthesis of ACh into the cell
HEMICHOLINIUM
• Inhibits storage of ACh into the vesicle
VESAMICOL
• Inhibits the release of ACh
BOTULINUM TOXIN
Primary transmitter at the sympathetic postganglionic synapses
Norepinephrine (NE)
• Tyrosine hydroxylase is inhibited by
METYROSINE
inactivates portions of the NTA NE in the cytoplasm
• MAO