PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Flashcards
WHAT DO NEURONS DO
TRANSMIT MESSAGES OR COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, DRUGS CAN AFFECT THEIR COMMUNICATION
SOMA
CELL BODY OF THE NEURON
DENDRITES
LARGE AND SMALL BRANCHES OF THE NEURON, RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM OTHER NEURONS
AXON
LONG SLENDER TUBE THAT CARRIES MESSAGES FROM THE SOMA TO ITS TERMINAL BUTTONS
TERMINAL BUTTONS
AT ENDS OF THE AXON, DELIVER NEUROTRANSMITTERS
NEUROTRANSMITTERS
CHEMICAL MESSENGERS
SYNAPSE
PHYSICAL GAP BETWEEN THE TERMINAL BUTTON OF ONE NEURON AND A DENDRITE OR SOMA OF AN OTHER NEURON.
ENDOGENOUS
SUBSTANCES PRODUCED FROM WITHIN THE BODY. E.G., ENDORPHINS, INSULIN, ADRENALIN
EXOGENOUS
PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE BODY. E.G., CAFFIENE, VITAMINS, HERBS, MEDICATIONS, ETC.
DEPOLARIZED
LESS LIKELY TO TRANSMIT AN ELECTRICAL RESPONSE. EXCITATORY
HYPERPOLARIZED
LESS LIKELY TO TRANSMIT AN ELECTRICAL RESPONSE. INHIBITORY
MAIN NEUROTRANSMITTERS
FOR EMOTION AND BEHAVIOR: DOPAMINE, NOREPINEPHRINE, SEROTONIN
IMPORTANT AMINO ACIDS
GABA, GLYCINE, GLUTAMATE
TYROSINE CONVERSION
COMES FROM DIET, CONVERTS TO DOPAMINE WHICH FURTHER CONVERTS TO NOREPINEPHERINE.
SEROTONIN
MAY CONTRIBUTE TO MOOD, ANXIETY, AROUSAL, IRRITABILITY, TRANQUILITY, APPETITE, COGNITION, SLEEP-WAKE CYCLES, OBSESSIONS.
AGONIST
A DRUG THAT INCREASES THE AVAILABILITY OR ACTION OF A NEUROTRANSMITTER
ANTAGONIST
A DRUG THAT DECREASES THE AVAILABILITY OR ACTION OF A NEUROTRANSMITTER
ACETYLCHOLINE
MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO MEMORY, LEARNING, BEHAVIORAL AROUSAL, ATTENTION, MOOD, AND REM DURING SLEEP
EPINEPHRINE OR ADRENALINE
REGULATES OUR FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE.
NOREPINEPHRINE
WAKEFULNESS AND ALERTNESS
DOPAMINE
INVOLVED WITH BEHAVIORAL REGULATION, MOVEMENT, LEARNING, MOOD, AND ATTENTION.
SEROTONIN
MOOD REGULATION, CONTROL OF APPETITE, SLEEP AND AROUSAL, PAIN REGULATION
DRUG ADMINISTERED ORALLY
BY MOUTH
DRUG ADMINISTERED SUBCUTANEOUSLY
DEEP TISSUE INJECTION
DRUG ADMINISTERED INTRAMUSCULARLY (IM)
MUSCLE INJECTION
DRUG ADMINISTERED INTRADERMALLY
DERMAL INJECTION