Synaptic transmission and synapses

Question 1

_ are connected by _ junctions in humans and have _ synapses

Answer 1

Glial cells, gap, electrical

Question 2

Connexin diseases:
Charcot Marie tooth?
Congenital deafness?

Answer 2

• 32
• 26

Question 3

T/F: Presynaptic terminal has many Tmitochondria

Answer 3

True

Question 4

_ Ach receptor in skeletal muscle
_ Ach receptor in cardiac muscle

Answer 4

• Nicotinic
• Muscarinic

Question 5

Ionotropic examples?
Metabotropic examples?

Answer 5

• Nicotinic Ach, 5HT3, P2X
• Glutamate, GABAb, Muscarinic Ach, most serotonin, biogenic NT, neuropeptides

Question 6

5 receptors can be both iono and metabotropic

Answer 6

• GABA
• Glutamate
• Serotonin
• ATP
• Ach