Where can you find Acetylcholine (ACh)? What specific systems is it a neurotransmitter
of? - Answers -- The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
- The somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system
What is Acetylcholine important for? - Answers -Important in arousal, sleep, attention,
memory
What condition is sometimes linked to the loss of ACh? How can we treat it? - Answers
-- Alzheimer's
- Can take a reuptake inhibitor to help treat it
What are the three monoamines? - Answers -1) Serotonin/5-HT
2) Norepinephrine
3) Dopamine
Where can you find serotonin? - Answers -- central and peripheral nervous system
- mainly the gut
What is Serotonin important for? - Answers -Important for temperature regulation, sleep,
mood, nausea, vomiting. It also stimulates the gut
Depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and PTSD can be linked to
a low level of this neurotransmitter: - Answers -serotinin
How can you treat low levels of serotonin? - Answers -1) Selective Serotonin Reuptake
Inhibitors (SSRI's)
- i.e., Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro
2) Psychotherapy
- i.e., talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure therapy
Give examples of drugs that can behave as serotonin reuptake inhibitors that are not
available as a prescription (also can be thought of as being "street drugs") - Answers --
MDMA
- ecstasy
- extasy
-E
-X
- Molly
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