quiz 14

Question 1

4 old criteria for consideration as a neuron

Answer 1

1. Synth. or stored/present in the neutron
2. is released into the cleft during AP, and bings to the other membrane to produce a response
3. Step 2 is the same in experimental conditions
4. Has a machanism of deactivation

Question 2

Types of Small molecule receptors

Answer 2

1. Acetyl Choline
2. Amines
3. Serotonin
4. Amino Acid

Question 3

Acetyl choline synthesis

Answer 3

• CoA carries acetate to a synthesis site, ChAT brings it to choline, where they bind
• AChE reverses the binding

Question 4

Amine synthesis

Answer 4

Tyrosine and enzyme tyrosine hydroxilase form L-Dopa, which is transferred first into Dopamine by other enzymes, then nor-epinephrine, and finally into epinephrine

Question 5

Serotonin synthesis

Answer 5

L-Tryptophan is turned directly into seratonin

Question 6

Amino acid Neurotransmitter facts

Answer 6

Gaba and Glutimate, very similar, w only small differences,
in the forebrain and cerrebeullum, glutamate is the main excitatory and gaba is the main inhibitory
Glycine - common in the brain stem and spinal chord
Histamine - produced from histidine, in tandem with the enzyme histidine decarboxylase