Neurotransmitters EPPP Study Exam Questions Correctly Answered.
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Neurotransmitters EPPP Study Exam Questions Correctly Answered.
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER Found throughout the peripheral and central nervous systems and acts on two different receptors - muscarinic and nicotinic. involved in REM, regulation of sleep-wake cycle, learning and memory
Dop...
Neurotransmitters EPPP Study Exam
Questions Correctly Answered.
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER Found throughout the peripheral and central nervous systems and
acts on two different receptors - muscarinic and nicotinic. involved in REM, regulation of sleep-wake
cycle, learning and memory
Dopamine - CORRECT ANSWER Involved in personality, mood, memory, and sleep, regulation of
movement. Linked to several disorders with prominent movement symptoms - Tourettes and
Parkinsons. Over sensitivity or excessive dopamine to dopamine in the caudate nucleus
Dopamine Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER Schizophrenia is due to elevated dopamine levels or over
sensitivity of dopamine receptors
Norepinephrine - CORRECT ANSWER Important role in mood, attention, dreaming, learning, and certain
autonomic functions
Catecholamine hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER predicts that some forms of depression are due to lower
than normal levels of Norepinephrine
Serotonin - CORRECT ANSWER inhibitory effect, implicated in mood, hunger, temperature regulation,
sexual activity, arousal, sleep, aggression, and migraine headache. Elevated levels contribute to
Schizophrenia, Autistic Disorder, and food restriction, low levels play a role in aggression, depression,
suicide, Bulima, PTSD, and OCD
Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) - CORRECT ANSWER inhibitory neurotransmitter, plays a role in
eating, seizure, and anxiety disorders, motor control, vision, and sleep. Low levels have been linked to
anxiety disorders.
Glutemate - CORRECT ANSWER Excitatory in may areas of brain. plays a role in learning, and memory,
and long-term potentiation - responsible for the formation of LTM. Excessive activity (Excitotoxicity) can
lead to seizures, may contribute to stroke-related brain damage, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer.
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