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What are neurotransmitters?

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  • Chemicals that are passed through neurons

- 100 different types of them

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Drugs and neurotransmitters?

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  • agonists

- antagonists

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agonist drug?

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-manipulates the feeling of a neurotransmitter

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Antagonist?

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-Suppress a neurotransmitter from working

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What is Acetylcholine?

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  • neurotransmitter

- CNS and PNS

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Acetylcholine and CNS?

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  • Excites

- Attention and arousal

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What happens if acetylcholine stops working in CNS?

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  • Alzheimers

- neuron can’t get the signal to remember

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Acetylcholine and PNS?

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-excitory and inhibitory

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Somatic PNS and Acetylcholine?

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-excting and moving a muscle

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Autonomic PNS and Acetylcholine

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-Inhibit heart muscle

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Epinephrine,Norepinephrine, dopamine make what group?

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Catecholamines

-functions are the same

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Biogenic Amiens

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-structures are the same

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What does epinephrine do?

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  • Treated more like a hormone
  • Adrenaline
  • Sympathetic ANS
  • fight or flight
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What does norepinephrine do?

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-local neurotransmitter

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What happens if you have too much norepinephrine?

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-Anxiety

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What happens if you don’t have enough?

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-Depression

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Dopamine?

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  • Neurotransmitter
  • found in the basal ganglia
  • works with producing smooth movement
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How is dopamine related to schizophrenia?

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  • Theory that either the brain has too much dopamine or is too sensative
  • causes hallucinations
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How is dopamine related to parkinson’s?

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  • Located in basal ganglia
  • neurons that carry dopamine aren’t being produced properly
  • Shaky movements
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Real world Example: Schizophrenia and drugs

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  • The drugs used to treat schizophrenia mess wit the extrapyrmdial system of the basal ganglia
  • Person has problems with movements
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Real World Example: Parkinsons and drugs

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  • LDOPA

- too much taken causes hallucinations

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What is Serotonin?

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  • happiness, eating, sleeping

- biogenic amino

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Too much serotonin?

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Very anxious person

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too little serotonin?

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GABA, Glycine?
-brain stability
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How does GABA and Glycine relate to Hyper polarization?
- Increases the threshold for which another stimulus can interecede - the brain can only focus on one stimulus at a time
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Glutmate?
Excites the brain
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Peptide Neurotransmitter?
- neuromodulator - slower - effect a longer time
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What is an example of a peptide neurotransmitter?
- endorphines | - pain
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General what is the endocrine system?
- hormones - blood stream - specific organs responsible
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Endocrien System: Hypothalamus
Controls the pituitary gland in making the hormones
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Endocrien System: Pituitary gland
- receiving orders from the hypothalamus - create the hormones - Sends the hormones to different places
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Pituitary gland: Anterior Pituitary gland
-send the created hormones to different endocrine organs so they can carry out their products
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Endocrien System: Adrenal Gland
- Kidneys - adrenal cortex - adrenal medulla - sex hormones
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Adrenal Gland: Adrenal Medulla
-creates the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine
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Adrenal Gland: Adrenal Cortex
- Cortical steroids | - cortisol
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Endocrine System:
- Create the sex hormones | - reproductive regions
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Innate Behavior:
-Behaviors that we are born with
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Learned Behaviors:
-pick up based on your environment
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Adaptative Value:
-Measure of how the behavior or trait results in offspring and survival
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Nature v.s. Nuture
-Debate on what is mainly responsible for your behavior
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What is nature?
-Genetics that made you contribute to your behavior
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What is nurture?
-environment contributes to your behavior
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What are the different studies that you can conduct on behavior?
- parent - twin - adoption
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Parent study?
- Family v.s. unique individuals | - Genetic studying
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Problem with parent studies?
-Everyone is in the same environment
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Twin Studies?
- MZ (identical), DZ (fraternal) | - genetic studies
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Concordance level?
-Probability that both twins have the trait
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Example of twin studies?
- raising them together | - raising them apart
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Adoption Studies
- Adoptive family on the child v.s. the original parents | - Environmental as well as genetics
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Example of Adoption study?
- IQ levels | - Orginal family plays more of a role

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