Signalling Flashcards
Why do cells need to perform signalling?
What are the different types of signalling molecules?
What is interferon?
What are the short range signals?
What is juxtacrine signalling?
What is direct signalling?
What is intracrine signalling?
What is autocrine signalling?
What is paracrine signalling?
Where is stromal lymphopoeitin released from?
What is endocrine signalling?
What is the difference between neuronal and hormonal signalling?
What is the storage, movement and effects of peptide messengers?
What is the synthesis, storage, movement and effects of steroid messengers?
What is the synthesis storage, movement and effects of catecholamine messengers?
What is the synthesis storage, movement and effects of thyroid messengers?
Function of soma
Function of axon hillock
Function of myelin sheath
Function of nodes of ranvier
How are neurons classified?
What are nerves?
What are tracts?
What is the order of composition of the nerve fibre?
Function of neuroglial cells?
Examples of glial cells?
What is the CNS?
Which division is the autonomic and somatic derived from?
Which division is sympathetic and parasympathetic derived from?
Effects of sympathetic response
Effects of parasympathetic response
Function of cerebrum
Function of medulla
Function of cerebellum
Where do cranial nerves emerge?
Name the sensory cranial nerves
Name the motor cranial nerves
Name the sensory and motor cranial nerves
What part of nervous system is damaged in Homer’s syndrome?
What target proteins are influenced by ligands?
Which molecules can directly pass through the membrane?
Which molecules require carrier for transport?
Why is transduction beneficial?
What are the types of molecular switches?
What are G proteins?
What are the GTPase and the five classes?
What are the 4 receptors?
What are the characteristics of ligand gated ion channels?
How can ligand gated ion channels be targeted?
What are the characteristics of G protein coupled receptors?
What is the function and mechanism of G protein coupled receptors?
What are the G alpha subunits?
Difference between muscarinic and nicotinic receptors?
What is the A1 adrenoreceptor?
What is the A2 adrenoreceptor?
What is the B1 adrenoreceptor?
What is the B2 adrenoreceptor?
What are the characteristics of the kinase receptor?
Why is the JAKS/STATS pathway important?
What are the 2 types of intracellular receptors?
What are the characteristics of a nuclear receptor?
What is tolerance?
What is tachyphylaxis?
What is tolerance?
What is the consequence of oppositional tolerance?
Which agonist is used to treat addiction and why?
Which antagonist is used to treat addiction and why?
Why can ADR occur with certain drug properties?
Which drugs have idiopathic ADR?
How are signals regulated?
What happens to cells in the absence of signals?
What are drugs?
What is pharmacology?
What is St John’s Wort used for?
What is Milk Thistle used for?
Why can drugs cause side effects?
How does alcohol act as a sedative?
What is prescribed for anti itching?
What is the role of plant sterols?
Which drugs do not use receptor targets?
Where do antagonists bind?
What is affinity?
What is the disassociation constant?
How is drug binding maintained by the body?
What is the mechanism of action of aspirin as an antagonist?
What is potency?
What is ec 50?
Why is ec 50 important?
